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JOHN ALDEN COUNTAWAY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Alden Countaway JR, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Winthrop, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 37
- GEORGE THOMAS CONDREY IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 8, 1968
- LLOYD ALFORD CONEPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS CONNOLLYSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JAMES ENNIS COOPERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
From Winthrop
- PAUL FRANK BRUGMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- JOHN CULLIN WHITESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD RICHARD CORDEAUSergeant · March 7, 1968
- ROBERT WINSLOW BELCHERCorporal · April 11, 1968
- JOSEPH PATRICK LOGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PIGNATOLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- EDMUND LAMBERT MACNEIL IIIStaff Sergeant · May 2, 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.