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JOHN GEORGE SOUTHALL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1946 – June 16, 1968
Service recordJohn George Southall, of Wamego, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 8
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
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- February 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Wamego, Kansas (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 8
- BERNARD FRANCIS RUPINSKILieutenant · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES ALLEN RYGGPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- JOSEPH FREDERICK SCHILLERCorporal · June 16, 1968
- KENNETH W SKINNER IIIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
From Wamego
- STEPHEN JOSEPH SZIJJARTOSergeant · December 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES ZELLERSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- DAVID LEE KITCHENLance Corporal · April 25, 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.