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JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF II
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 20, 1946 – September 22, 1968
Service recordJohn Howard Priesthoff II, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 65
- CHARLIE LOPEZ PARTIDAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM GERALD PEELERFirst Sergeant · September 22, 1968
- HENRY RICHARDSON PHILLIPSCaptain · September 22, 1968
- GREGORY WAYNE RODGERSPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CAVOSOS GONZALESSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 62
- RANDALL PATRICK LESSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 64
- JAMES BERNARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 66
From Woodland Hills
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MYRON WALDO BERGStaff Sergeant · April 8, 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.