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JOHN CURTIN III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1945 – August 26, 1968
Service recordJohn Curtin III, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 28
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
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Hopatcong, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 28
- NORMAN EARL BALDWINCaptain · August 26, 1968
- DWIGHT CLIFFORD COY JRSergeant · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD LLOYD DAVISConstructionman · August 26, 1968
- EDWARD DAYLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL SHERMAN BAZEMORESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 26
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DAUGHERTYCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 26
- DALE MARTIN HUSTONSpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 29
- DALE RAY RICHTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 32
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.