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JOHN HERBERT CHEEKS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1946 – April 28, 1967
Service recordJohn Herbert Cheeks, of Penns Grove, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Penns Grove, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 110
- JOSE L MARTINEZ-FELICIANOSergeant · April 28, 1967
- ROBERT HERBERT MILLERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CARMEN MUSCARASergeant First Class · April 28, 1967
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
From Penns Grove
- CHARLES ROBERT WETZELPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROY MORGAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1967
- ALTON THOMAS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- LARRY HANSEN BOWENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- MICHAEL JENNINGSLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- THOMAS SAMUEL ROGERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 14, 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.