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JOHN DAVID SEXTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – May 1, 1969
Service recordJohn David Sexton, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 94
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 94
- DAVID ROY SCHAEFERSergeant · May 1, 1969
- RICHARD STEPHEN SLYFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1969
- AMMONS EWING SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN STEVENSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DALE BELSLYCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 89
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- LARRY RICHARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 91
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 91
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 96
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.