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JOHN IMBACH III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Imbach III, of Carpinteria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Journalist (71Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Carpinteria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 19
- GEORGE KUAMOO KAPALULance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- LEWIS MILTON KING JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- MAINOR DAVID LANG JRSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE LEDBETTERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES G VANDER HEYDENSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 24
From Carpinteria
- JAMES HOWARD MCDONALDSpecialist Four · November 16, 1966
- JOHN JENARO CONTRERASPrivate · January 21, 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.