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JOHN ASHER COMBS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – June 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Asher Combs, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 20
- WYNNE LEONARD BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- JERRY NOLAN CHRISTMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD CORES IISergeant · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WYNNE LEONARD BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 21
- JAMES FRANK KONECNYCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 24
- REYNALDO LERMA TORRES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 28
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.