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JOHN ENOCH BLACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Enoch Black, of Idabel, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Idabel, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 45
- INGO JULIUS ROBERT WISKOWSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- THOMAS S WOODLAND JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CANDIDO CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · Panel 47E, Line 46
- JOHN WILLIAM FOXCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 49
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 52
- ROGER ALLAN QUINNMajor · Panel 47E, Line 53
From Idabel
- NORMAN EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · January 18, 1968
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- SAMUEL FLOYD ROLENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · March 24, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD PULLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 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.