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JOHN CLARENCE STROME
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1944 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Clarence Strome, of Tonkawa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Tonkawa, Oklahoma (Kay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 24
- GLENN CHARLES STROMBACKSergeant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ALAN SWOVELANDSergeant · August 25, 1968
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- CARMELO VASQUEZLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 11
- MICHAEL BANION DOOLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 14
- PAUL ROY SEVERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 22
- FORESTAL ALONZO STEVENSSpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 23
- KLAUS DIETER SCHOLZSergeant First Class · Panel 37W, Line 14
From Tonkawa
- MARION LEE DIRICKSONCorporal · June 3, 1967
- DONALD RAY MOCKPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LARRY GLEN MASSIESpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
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.