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JOHN GERALD CURTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1943 – April 25, 1967
Service recordJohn Gerald Curtin, of Manchester, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Manchester, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 89
- CHARLES DAVID AUSTINMajor · April 24, 1967
- JOHN DAVID STRIPLING IIIPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- JOSHUA ABRAHAM ATKINS IIIPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE DONALD FRYESpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 84
- CHARLES SARGENT MOORECaptain · Panel 18E, Line 87
From Manchester
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · January 19, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES WHITEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR RHUDAPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- KEITH ALLAN MILLERPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH KRAJEWSKISpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- RAYMOND CLARK HOLMANLance Corporal · June 16, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN MOTTSpecialist Five · August 30, 1969
- VICTOR DELGRECO JRSergeant · March 2, 1970
- EVERETT EDWARD RINESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
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.