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JOHN CHARLES JAVORCHIK
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – July 4, 1969
Service recordJohn Charles Javorchik, of Nashville, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Nashville, Illinois (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 60
- ROBERT PAUL GARDINERWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN GRIFFINPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- ALFRED WILLIE HUBBARDSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- CHARLES FREDRICK HUGHESCaptain · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS WILLENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PAUL GARDINERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 60
- EPHRIAM RUTLEDGE LILES IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 61
- LANCE WILFRED STLAURENTSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 63
From Nashville
- MERILL LAWRENCE SUEDMEYERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- DAVID OSCAR HAAKESergeant · August 12, 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.