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JOHN ANDREW SERVICE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1942 – September 8, 1971
Service recordJohn Andrew Service, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 12
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1971; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 12
- CLIFFORD LAMONT BYRDPrivate · September 8, 1971
- CLAUDIE LEE COXStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1971
- ROBERT JOE ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 8, 1971
- WAYNE CARL ROCHOWICZSpecialist Four · September 8, 1971
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.