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JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – January 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Felshaw, of Utica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 45
- ROBERT JAMES CORDOVAFireman Apprentice · January 27, 1968
- RUBE ARTHUR COX JRSergeant · January 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDMOND DONOHUEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LUIGI FRANK ALBANESESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 43
- HARVEY HARRIS JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 46
From Utica
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- VAN LASALLE RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
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.