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JOHN ANDREW TODD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – July 9, 1972
Service recordJohn Andrew Todd, of Buford, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aide-De-Camp (2030)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Buford, Georgia (Gwinnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1972; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 54
- LEONARD ROBERTSONMajor · July 7, 1972
- LOUIS HAZELAirman First Class · July 8, 1972
- ROBERT FRANCIS TOWNES JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1972
- STANLEY J KUICKColonel · July 9, 1972
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY J KUICKColonel · Panel 1W, Line 54
- PETER MORGAN BENTSONMajor · Panel 1W, Line 55
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · Panel 1W, Line 55
From Buford
- DONALD ROY WOODCorporal · September 28, 1967
- RICHARD ANTHONY PARKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · September 13, 1968
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.