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JOHN ANDREW EWART
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1945 – March 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Andrew Ewart, of Sepulveda, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 28
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Sepulveda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 28
- KEVIN MELBOURNE DAILEYSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- RICHARD FRANCIS DUNHAMCorporal · March 23, 1967
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JOHN LUTHER FULLER JRSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1967
From Sepulveda
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- ROBERT THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ALFRED MCMURDOLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HOLZMANPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- BENJAMIN BUGARINCaptain · April 27, 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.