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JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Downey JR, of Flushing, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 26
- ALBERT JOSEPH DAIRCorporal · September 18, 1968
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · September 18, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM DECKERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 25
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 26
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 27
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 28
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 29
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 30
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 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.