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JOHN EDWARD WINTERS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
February 26, 1937 – October 30, 1970
Service recordJohn Edward Winters, of Liberal, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- February 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Liberal, Kansas (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 30
- FRANCISCO M ASANOMASergeant · October 30, 1970
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- GARY WAYNE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- LESTER STANLEY VESSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1970
From Liberal
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD OBRIENCorporal · February 22, 1967
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · May 13, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
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.