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JOHN ALFRED FELSHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1950 – June 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Alfred Felsher, of Biloxi, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 64
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Biloxi, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 64
- MICHAEL DAVID DAWSONLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- LEON TIMOTHY DUNCANPrivate · June 17, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- JOSEPH DAVID FOURNIERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILFREDO AYALA-REYESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 62
- WILLIAM EARL PREWITTSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 68
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 70
From Biloxi
- LOUIS DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- DANNIEL NETTER JRCorporal · October 8, 1967
- TIMOTHY LEE ODELLPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- CALVIN EDWARD YOUNGStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- ARDEN DALE ZHESpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · March 18, 1970
- TIMOTHY CLAY MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
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.