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JOHN JOSEPH HEALEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – December 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Healey JR, of Derby, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Derby, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 27
- DAVID MICHAEL DAVISONAirman First Class · December 5, 1969
- TONY CURTIS FOSTERAirman First Class · December 5, 1969
- PATRICK KENDAL HARROLDCaptain · December 5, 1969
- JERRY LEE HAUSCHULTZSergeant · December 5, 1969
From Derby
- NORMAN EDWARD DAWSON JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- RONALD J SHEEHYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · January 10, 1968
- ALDO ANTHONY DORIAPrivate · September 9, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT KURTYKATechnical Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CARINCILance Corporal · August 25, 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.