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JOHN ALEX NORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1950 – June 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Alex North, of Germantown, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Germantown, Wisconsin (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 11
- RONALD WAYNE ASHBURNPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- GEAROLD LEE BRANDTPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE J BUYNOSKI IIILance Corporal · June 10, 1969
- GLYNN THOMAS CAHOONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE HUGHLEN HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 13
- CRAIG ALLEN NEWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 14
From Germantown
- ANDREW LESLIE MOODY JRSergeant · January 16, 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.