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JOHN CARL LINDAHL
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
March 28, 1941 – January 6, 1973
Service recordJohn Carl Lindahl, of Lindsborg, Kansas, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 6, 1973, in North Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ATKRON 56 USS MIDWAY CVA 41
- Born
- March 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Lindsborg, Kansas (Mcpherson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1973
- Age
- 31
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1973. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 109
- ELBERT WAYNE BUSHStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1973
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE DEANELieutenant Colonel · January 8, 1973
- JOSE JALOCON JAVINESChief Petty Officer · January 8, 1973
- RICHARD ARTHUR KNUTSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1973
From Lindsborg
- DAVID LEE KRIGHospitalman · May 15, 1967
- DAN VICTOR LINDHOLMSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- STEVE WARREN TRAINFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 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.