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JOHN HENRY BATTLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1950 – September 4, 1971
Service recordJohn Henry Battle, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1950
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1971; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 10
- ROBERT EARL WOODSPrivate First Class · September 3, 1971
- BERNARD GUY J DILLENSEGERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1971
- MARTIN WAYNE GRONBORG JRCaptain · September 4, 1971
- EDWARD LAWRENCE HARRISSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
- JAMES PAUL PETTIEGREWSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LAWRENCE HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 10
- THOMAS EDWARD SWEINSBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 11
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.