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JOHN DEWEY KILLEN III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1948 – June 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Dewey Killen III, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 88
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Mechanic (1341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 88
- JAMES THOMAS HUFSTETLERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- MICHAEL BARRY JUDDPetty Officer Third Class · June 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN RAYE ALLENLance Corporal · Panel 22E, Line 86
- GLYN LINAL RUNNELS JRCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 90
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.