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JOHN ANTHONY HALLADAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1946 – September 14, 1969
Service recordJohn Anthony Halladay, of Merchantville, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Merchantville, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 82
- PETE B HAMMONDLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- HAL HARRISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- STEPHEN CARL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- WALTER EARL HEYER JRPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KEY GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 81
- DONALD SIDNEY SKIDGELSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 86
- MICHAEL HERMAN THOMASFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 88
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.