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JOHN EDWARD HUESTIS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1945 – May 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Huestis, of Goshen, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 76
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Goshen, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 76
- THOMAS CARMINE DEPALMAFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN HILBERTPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND JACKSONSergeant · May 22, 1969
- RALFORD JOHN JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK JOSEPH KIEWLEN JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 77
- HARRY MICHAEL TRAMMELLSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 80
From Goshen
- ALAN WAYNE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH HEFNERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT BECKSergeant · August 30, 1968
- HERBERT JAMES WISHERSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
- DAVID SEELEY PELLEWStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
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.