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JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1950 – February 27, 1971
Service recordJohn Anthony Cukale JR, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Rock Springs, Wyoming (Sweetwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 9
- DENNIS LINN CRAVERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1971
- ZBIGNIEW JOSEF DALENTACorporal · February 27, 1971
- MASASHI NAKASHIMOStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1971
- JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LINN CRAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 9
- MASASHI NAKASHIMOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 9
From Rock Springs
- STEPHEN WILLIAM STARKPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES SULLIVAN ROYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- CANDELARIO PATRICK BUSTOSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ROMEROSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · November 12, 1970
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 1971
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.