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JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 20, 1945 – August 18, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Sullivan, of Franklin, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Franklin, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 49
- DAVID MICHAEL STJOHNLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- LEE WESLEY SWAIN JRSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH LEON THOMASSergeant · August 18, 1968
- WALLACE OLDHAM TRAVERS JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR LEROY DOILEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 40
- HECTOR LUGO-MOJICACorporal · Panel 48W, Line 45
- LARRY DOUGLAS NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 46
- ARTHUR SEABROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 48
From Franklin
- JOHN DOUGLAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS KLOCPrivate · May 10, 1967
- DENNIS LLOYD ANTOINECorporal · July 21, 1967
- GREGORY JON OLSENCorporal · May 25, 1969
- NEIL NORMAN GREINKEFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 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.