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JOHN CLANNAHAN USILTON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 29, 1941 – July 12, 1969
Service recordJohn Clannahan Usilton, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 110
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utilitiesman (UT)
- Born
- June 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 110
- JAMES WILLIAM THIBAULTCorporal · July 12, 1969
- DANIEL LEONARD WAGENAARPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- ROGER GERHARD BOVELieutenant · July 13, 1969
- STEVEN WAYNE BRADBURYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.