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JOHN ARTHUR ANSELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1949 – May 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Ansell JR, of Bladensburg, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Bladensburg, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 44
- PAUL LEONARD ABRAHAMCorporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRESergeant · May 2, 1968
- JAMES SHERWOOD ALLPORTPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RALPH TOMMY ANDERSONLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD RAY LANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 10
- THOMAS O REYNASergeant · Panel 54E, Line 16
- PAUL LEONARD YOSTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 22
From Bladensburg
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BRANOCKCorporal · February 19, 1967
- JIMMY ARNOLD HILLSergeant · May 1, 1970
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.