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JOHN CURTIS FIELDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1945 – June 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Curtis Fields, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 23
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 23
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · June 30, 1968
- TERRY EUGENE DIFFENDERFERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- GEORGE BENNIE DUKESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.