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JOHN DANIEL MALCOLM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1950 – August 25, 1970
Service recordJohn Daniel Malcolm, of Middlefield, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Middlefield, Connecticut (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 5
- THOMAS EDWARD KESSING JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH KLIGAR IIISergeant · August 25, 1970
- ROBERT EDMUND KOONCESpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL KOZLOWSKISpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDMUND KOONCESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 5
- JERROLD LOUIS VESEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 7
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.