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JOHN CHARLES STERLING
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1949 – September 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Charles Sterling, of Concord, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 44
- JOHNNY DELBERT SWANNSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- CHARLES FRANKLIN TAYLORPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RONALD CRAIG VLIEKSergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELTON HARROLD ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 36
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
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.