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JOHN ANTHONY FELDHAUS
Commander · U.S. Navy
October 3, 1938 – October 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Anthony Feldhaus, of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on October 8, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 60
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 152
- Born
- October 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Lawrenceburg, Tennessee (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 8, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 152”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 60
- FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRASpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- HERMAN LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
From Lawrenceburg
- RANDY LEE CLIFTONSpecialist Four · December 11, 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.