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JOHN A MEANS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – November 7, 1966
Service recordJohn A Means, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 37
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- BENJAMIN HARRY HARRISCorporal · November 7, 1966
- CLINNIS HARRELL JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DONALD LEROY JACOBSENCaptain · November 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 36
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 38
- DAVID ELLIS THREADGILLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 39
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 39
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.