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JOHN COLEMAN ARDIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1938 – October 23, 1966
Service recordJohn Coleman Ardis, of Manning, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Manning, South Carolina (Clarendon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 100
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRANDSpecialist Four · October 23, 1966
- CHARLES FRANCIS BUSBYSenior Chief Petty Officer · October 23, 1966
- GARY BERNARD FLABBIPrivate First Class · October 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 100
- JIMMY DOYLE PHIPPSSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 101
From Manning
- GEORGE IVISON MIMS JRCaptain · December 20, 1965
- HERSCHEL RUDOLPH WARDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- AARON BLANDINGSergeant · November 13, 1966
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.