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JOHN ALTON GIROD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1944 – February 21, 1966
Service recordJohn Alton Girod JR, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Denham Springs, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 58
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- MARSHALL RAYMOND HIRSCHSecond Lieutenant · February 21, 1966
- VERNON ALLEN MERRITTPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE RUBERGPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
From Denham Springs
- DOUGLAS GERALD IMPSONPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · May 28, 1969
- BENJAMIN F BENNETT JRPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
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.