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JOHN CURTIS WHITESIDE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1946 – August 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Curtis Whiteside, of Fayette, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Fayette, Alabama (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 36
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD DOUGLAS WELLMANCorporal · August 13, 1969
- JACK MICHAEL APODACASergeant · August 14, 1969
- DAVID ELTON BEANStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1969
From Fayette
- DAVIS UPTAINPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- HOWARD GREGORY PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 9, 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.