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JOHN CHARLES STRAUSER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1939 – February 2, 1971
Service recordJohn Charles Strauser, of Coos Bay, Oregon, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 74
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 74
- FRANK STAN MCCUTCHEON IIICorporal · February 2, 1971
- FLOYD RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1971
- PHILIPP R VOLLHARDTFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILIPP R VOLLHARDTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 74
From Coos Bay
- MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- DENNIS CARL SHIVELYLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
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.