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JOHN DENNIS WHORFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – August 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Dennis Whorff, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 66
- LEROY SPILLER IIILance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- JESSE ALLEN TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD THORNTONPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · November 1, 1967
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.