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JOHN BRUCE CORNWELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – July 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Bruce Cornwell, of Silver Creek, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 88
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Silver Creek, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 88
- JAMES ROBERT DAVISSergeant · July 9, 1969
- ROBERT DIAKOWPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTYStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1969
- BENNY THOMAS GISHCorporal · July 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JACKSON BARNES JRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 87
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 90
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
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.