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JOHN GREGORY STROBL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 6, 1947 – October 3, 1972
Service recordJohn Gregory Strobl, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 125
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 44 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “44 TAC FTR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 125
- BOBBY G COLLUMSSergeant · May 13, 1975
- GERALD A COYLEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1975
- THOMAS D DWYERSergeant · May 13, 1975
- BOB W FORDSergeant · May 13, 1975
- GERALD W FRITZSergeant · May 13, 1975
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLARENCE KOZUCHCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 20
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.