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JEAN PIERRE SOUZON
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
November 9, 1944 – March 16, 1970
Service recordJean Pierre Souzon, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 10
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- November 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 10
- WILLIAM JOHN RISSEChief Petty Officer · March 16, 1970
- JOHN STEVE SCHAEFERPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- BARRY MARTIN SEARBYPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- ARTHUR D SIMMONSPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1970
From Willow Grove
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · October 5, 1967
- PAUL THOMAS WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.