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JOHN EDWIN STRAUB
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1951 – October 28, 1970
Service recordJohn Edwin Straub, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 26
- GERALD MARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 28, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS FINDLAYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- JAMES THOMAS GERMAINFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1970
- NATHANIEL LEWISPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
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.