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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Earl Loges.

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JOHN EARL LOGES

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

December 24, 1946 – September 6, 1969

Service record

John Earl Loges, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18W · Line 48

Position of Panel 18W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Clerk-Typist (71B)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP
Born
December 24, 1946
Home of record
Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 6, 1969
Age
22
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 18W, Line 48

From Hollywood

All 30 names from Hollywood →

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.