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JOHN CHARLES HAVLICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1949 – April 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Havlick, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 17
- DOUGLAS RAY HARPPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- DONALD AUGUSTUS HARRELLMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1968
- JOHN RUSSELL HENDRIXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER BOBPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 14
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 16
- GARY ARTHUR RHODESSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 19
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 20
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.