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JOHN EDWARD DARLING JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – May 18, 1970
Service recordJohn Edward Darling JR, of Fremont, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Signal Unit Commander (1010)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Fremont, Michigan (Newaygo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 61
- LARRY ROBERT GARCIASpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
- HARVEY GENE GRAHAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
- CARLTON COE GRAYSergeant · May 18, 1970
- EDWARD F HABBLETT JRPetty Officer First Class · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KENNETH COLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 60
- CARLTON COE GRAYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 61
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 62
- HARRY JAMES STONESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 62
From Fremont
- WILLIAM HARRY STROVENCaptain · October 28, 1968
- WARREN PETER RITSEMAStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1971
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.