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JOHN CALVIN BOHANNON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1939 – February 1, 1967
Service recordJohn Calvin Bohannon, of Sayre, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 102
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 168 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- November 27, 1939
- Home of record
- Sayre, Oklahoma (Beckham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 102
- NICHOLAS E TERRAZASPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- LLOYD FRANCIS WALKERMajor · January 31, 1967
- MERRILL VAN BEASLEYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BEYERHospitalman · February 1, 1967
From Sayre
- DEE OKEY NELSON CANADYStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1969
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.