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JOHN CECIL DRIVER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1936 – April 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Cecil Driver served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 99
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1936
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 99
- DOUGLAS EDWARD DAHILLSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- LARRY ELLSWORTH GRAHAMPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM WILLIS GRIFFITHSergeant · April 17, 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.