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JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – October 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Derwood Saville JR, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Morse Interceptor (05H)
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 76
- RONALD PAUL RUYFFAirman Second Class · October 8, 1967
- JOSE C SANTIAGO-LUGO JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JOHN ELLSWORTH SHOWERS JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL PROPSTPrivate First Class · April 13, 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.