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JOHN ALBERT WARREN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1943 – October 30, 1969
Service recordJohn Albert Warren, of Richwood, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Richwood, Ohio (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 7
- JAMES NED WOOLLEYSpecialist Five · October 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · October 31, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL BAUGHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS BRIGHTMANCaptain · October 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD WILBERT DURTKASergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 4
From Richwood
- RONALD LLOYD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 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.