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JOHN ARTHUR VERNO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1949 – May 11, 1970
Service recordJohn Arthur Verno, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 20
- DANNY JOE TAULBEESpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- ROY LEE WILSONCorporal · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 19
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.