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JOHN B WOBLE
Private · U.S. Army
October 8, 1936 – April 1, 1967
Service recordJohn B Woble, of Windsor, Connecticut, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 90
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1936
- Home of record
- Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 90
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- DAVID RICHARD WILLIAMSColonel · April 1, 1967
- RAYMOND A AUSTERMANN JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- BARRY WAYNE BRICKEYLance Corporal · April 2, 1967
From Windsor
- CURTIS DAVID COLLETTEPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- ERIC MARVIN BARNESCaptain · March 25, 1967
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · April 3, 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.