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JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1934 – March 28, 1966
Service recordJohn George Bansavage, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 55
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- ANTHONY GUY VELARDOLance Corporal · March 27, 1966
- ALDEN BERTRAM WILLEYSergeant First Class · March 27, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 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.