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JOHN ENGEDAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordJohn Engedal, of Matawan, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 98
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Matawan, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 98
- JOSEPH MARTIN EUSTAQUIOSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JERRY LEE EWINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- MICKEY WILLIAM HILLCorporal · March 21, 1969
From Matawan
- DONALD ALLAWAYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- EDWARD HADDOCKPrivate First Class · January 28, 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.