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JOHN CULBERTSON EGGER JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 9, 1929 – November 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Culbertson Egger JR, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 3, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 9, 1929
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29E, Line 14
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- DUANE ELWOOD CARTERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- JOHN HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.