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JOHN JAMES KATONA JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 2, 1944 – June 2, 1967
Service recordJohn James Katona JR, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- 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
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 35
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH MACIUSZEKPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- STEVE GARY MARCOMBELance Corporal · June 2, 1967
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO VELEZAirman · July 29, 1967
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.