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JOHN DEHAAS CURRAN
Captain · U.S. Army
May 12, 1946 – May 25, 1971
Service recordJohn Dehaas Curran, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 54
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1971; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 54
- WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMSMajor · May 25, 1971
- DENNIS CHARLES DURANDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1971
- ROY IGNACIOStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1971
- JOHN WAYNE LITTLETONSpecialist Four · May 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMSMajor · Panel 3W, Line 54
- DENNIS CHARLES DURANDSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 54
- JOHN WAYNE LITTLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 54
- MELVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 55
- LEROY JAMES WESTRAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 55
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.