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JOHN DEWEY LIVINGSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1949 – October 16, 1970
Service recordJohn Dewey Livingston, of Red Creek, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Red Creek, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 4
- BERNARD JAMES LOVETT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1970
- DAVID ALAN MOOREPrivate First Class · October 16, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS WILSONCaptain · October 16, 1970
- JOHN RAMSEY BREGLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILFREDO GAVILAN-TORRESCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 3
From Red Creek
- EDWARD DEWILTON SMITH JRMaster Sergeant · March 29, 1972
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.