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JOHN CHILICOTT TOBIAS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
May 12, 1930 – June 14, 1970
Service recordJohn Chilicott Tobias, of Burnettsville, Indiana, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 54
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Airfield Commander (1982)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1930
- Home of record
- Burnettsville, Indiana (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 54
- JIMMY CARLUS MONTANASpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE MOORHEADCorporal · June 14, 1970
- DAVID GRAY PRENTICESpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
- GARY WAYNE RAGSDALELance Corporal · June 14, 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.