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JOHN DEE POWELL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1949 – June 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Dee Powell JR, of Port Arthur, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 24
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Port Arthur, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 24
- DONALD HICKSSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- FRANK WARREN JONESWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM GERARD KANE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- PAUL P ZYLKOPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
From Port Arthur
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLEVELAND KEAL JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 1968
- GREGORIO TREVINO JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.