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JOHN ALBERT DEBOCK
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 19, 1932 – August 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Albert Debock, of Beloit, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 3, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 72
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 19, 1932
- Home of record
- Beloit, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 72
- ZANE AUBRY CARTERTechnical Sergeant · August 3, 1967
- FRED MICHAEL GARDNERCorporal · August 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN GOPPCorporal · August 3, 1967
- ARTHUR HAYWOOD GREENCaptain · August 3, 1967
From Beloit
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · June 3, 1967
- LEONARD JOHN TAUSCHEKPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ERNEST WILLIAM TEWSLance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STINDLPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
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.