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JOHN HERSHEL SOUTH
Captain · U.S. Army
May 15, 1942 – April 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Hershel South, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 49
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 49
- BRIAN HARDMAN PHILIBERTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 24, 1968
- ARDEN KEITH RENVILLESpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- JAY DEE RICHTERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- FRANK RUDOLPH SIMMONSLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN COXSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 44
- PAUL BAREN CREIGHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 45
- LUIS ANTONIO ORTIZ-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 48
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 48
- JAY DEE RICHTERSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 49
- JERRY BOB TRUITTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 1
- RALPH VOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 1
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 1
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · 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.