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JOHN ALBERT DURHAM
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 25, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordJohn Albert Durham, of Piqua, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 55
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Piqua, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 55
- ANTHONY ADAMS BARBARINOSergeant First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH CHARLES CLIFTONCorporal · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH JOE DAVISSergeant · February 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEROY EATONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
From Piqua
- WILLIAM HART PITSENBARGERAirman First Class · April 11, 1966
- RONALD KEITH STANEARTPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS JAQUACorporal · November 1, 1967
- RENDLE DULENPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES THEODORE RUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- VICTOR RAY SCHEELERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · May 12, 1970
- HARRY ANDREW COTTERMANSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- KEITH EUGENE HANEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1971
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1971
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.