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JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1937 – January 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Howard Mooney JR, of Lakewood, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 123
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
- Personal Financial Records Clerk (3421)
- Born
- September 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 123
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- JOHN MARSHALL MIZELLEPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- JOHN JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
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.