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JOHN DELBERT STRATE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – August 16, 1968
Service recordJohn Delbert Strate, of Alden, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Alden, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 31
- DENNIS OWEN CROCKERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SONNKALB JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1968
- JERRY LEE WILSONSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- TERRY RAY ZIMMERMANSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
From Alden
- GARY PATTERSON WRATTENMajor · November 4, 1966
- FRANK FREDERICK MUSICKTechnical Sergeant · December 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · May 15, 1969
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.