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JOHN HEZEKIAH WHITTINGTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 13, 1948 – November 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Hezekiah Whittington, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 119
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 119
- CHARLES M RUSSELL IIIStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- JOHN JUNIOR SEXTONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- THOMAS MARCELLUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- JAMES BLAIR WHITEMajor · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH ARMSTRONGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 114
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 114
- HOWARD BRISBANE COMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 115
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- LAURENCE ATWOOD YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- MICHAEL FILBERT GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JOSEPH EDGAR HARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JAMES RANDLE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 118
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 118
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.