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JOHN BRYANT HEADLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1947 – November 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Bryant Headley, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 10
- ROBERT MICHAEL FOLEYLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HOWARD JRSergeant · November 2, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH HUGHESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- MIKE GOMEZ IBARRALance Corporal · November 2, 1967
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILLSergeant · October 21, 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.