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JOHN HENRY LOPOCHONSKY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – July 17, 1971
Service recordJohn Henry Lopochonsky JR, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1971, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenville, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1971; three of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 109
- ALLEN JOHN DYERWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1971
- ALLEN EARL NOBLESpecialist Four · July 17, 1971
- GREGORY IRVING SAHLBERGSpecialist Four · July 17, 1971
- JAY STEVEN ASTONWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN JOHN DYERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 109
- ALLEN EARL NOBLESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 109
From Greenville
- PAUL WILLIAM BUSHFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1968
- ALLEN NEIL PALMPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- PAUL FREDERICK FOULKSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW BEDNARSpecialist Four · July 15, 1971
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.