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JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 26, 1950 – March 8, 1970
Service recordJohn Eldon Lockhorst JR, of Lodi, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Lodi, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 97
- JAMES EDWARD HYLMONCorporal · March 8, 1970
- DOUGLAS ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
- JACOB LEE KINSERFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- JAMES WALTER MCCLURGSecond Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
From Lodi
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MARK EDWARD HODELConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GARRY LEE KUBLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 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.