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JOHN FREDERICK DARBY III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1944 – January 31, 1969
Service recordJohn Frederick Darby III, of Titusville, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 27
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Titusville, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 27
- WILLIAM GEORGE LECLAIRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ROBERT EDWIN MILLER IIIStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM PETER NOGIEWICHSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- KENNETH EARL NORRISLieutenant (junior grade) · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JAMES CLOUDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 25
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 25
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 26
- WILLIAM GEORGE LECLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 27
- WILLIAM PETER NOGIEWICHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 27
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 29
From Titusville
- BYRON LEA BROWNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- MICHAEL GARY DINKINSPrivate First Class · February 21, 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.