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JOHN CHRISTOPHER PODY III
Airman · U.S. Navy
December 27, 1942 – July 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Christopher Pody III, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircrew Survival Equipmentman (PR)
- Born
- December 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 39
- STANLEY KAY PATRICKLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS PINTAPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- RAYMOND NICHOLAS PLESHPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- ERNEST ELIJAH POLSTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.