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JOHN GARTH TOWNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1942 – December 26, 1965
Service recordJohn Garth Towner, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Towanda, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 40
- LEONIDAS RAISISSergeant · December 25, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- CARL HARVEY TORELLOSergeant First Class · December 26, 1965
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE DREWPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
From Towanda
- ALDON MACKAY ASHERMAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- LEO EARL SEYMOURSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS MAHONEYSpecialist Five · January 29, 1968
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT NORMAN NORRISSpecialist Four · December 19, 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.