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JOHN ALBERT DEROO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – January 6, 1970
Service recordJohn Albert Deroo, of Burbank, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 3
- RICHARD F BRANT JRPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- CLAIR BERNARD BUTZSergeant First Class · January 6, 1970
- CHARLES CLARK CHAPINSpecialist Four · January 6, 1970
- GARY HAROLD GARNERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLAIR BERNARD BUTZSergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 3
- CHARLES CLARK CHAPINSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 3
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 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.