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JOHN GEORGE KOMERS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordJohn George Komers, of El Monte, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 4
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 4
- JEFFERY ALAN GOSSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- DALE DEAN KENYONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD KNOXSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- AL RICKEY LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL GOOSSENSLance Corporal · September 24, 2004
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
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.