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JOHN FRANCIS MACHUL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1950 – September 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Machul, of Clare, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Clare, Michigan (Clare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 10
- DENNIS FRENCHSpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
- RICHARD ALFRED GWINNFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1969
- BRUCE EDWIN HAZLESpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
- WILLIAM MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
From Clare
- KARL F SCHRANKPrivate · May 1, 1966
- MICHIEL DAVID MURRAYCorporal · June 16, 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.