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JOHN DELANE VOLNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – February 17, 1967
Service recordJohn Delane Volner, of Lexington, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Lexington, Tennessee (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 55
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS COOPER REYESLance Corporal · February 17, 1967
- EDMUND RONALD VEDROPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- BILLY GENE CONLEYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 54
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15E, Line 55
From Lexington
- DONALD HOWARD POWERSSpecialist Four · December 21, 1971
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.