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JOHN HENRY CURTIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1943 – January 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Henry Curtin, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 17
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 17
- KENNETH BRAXTON CARPENTERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- GARY EVERET CLAYTONSergeant · January 2, 1968
- ENNIS EUGENE CROWSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- FRED CLINTON DUBOSE IIIStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1968
From Elmhurst
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · March 1, 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.