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JOHN CHARLES GUIRE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1948 – December 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Charles Guire, of Van Buren, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Van Buren, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 17
- JOLLY J DAYStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES DUNLAPChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1969
- DONALD LEONARD GREIGERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- CHARLES CROCKETT HOWZEPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
From Van Buren
- JEWEL LEE RAINWATERPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- ARTHUR C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer First Class · April 11, 1968
- WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCKPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1968
- JAMES DAVID HOUSLEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- HENRY VERNON CLOSSERPetty Officer Second Class · November 20, 1971
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.