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JOHN ANTHONY PROMBO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1943 – February 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Anthony Prombo, of Chicago Heights, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- July 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 81
- CHARLES HEDRIC OXENDINESpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- STANLEY PATTERSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT PIERCESeaman · February 7, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From Chicago Heights
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- GARY ROBERT WILSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 14, 1967
- JUAN REFUGIO GARCIALance Corporal · June 26, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- JUAN MASILLOPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1969
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.