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JOHN A MCCURDY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 23, 1928 – April 15, 1966
Service recordJohn A McCurdy, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 15, 1966, in Thailand, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 23, 1928
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 115
- RALPH HOWARD LIVESAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
- ROBERT H SANTORELLASpecialist Four · April 15, 1966
- GILBERT BRIAN SUETOSPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
- MICHAEL RICHARD ZERBELieutenant (junior grade) · April 15, 1966
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
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.