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JOHN JOSEPH LINK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1944 – June 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Link, of Chittenango, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 36
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Chittenango, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- 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 19, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 36
- JAMES RAY FRY JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- EUGENE L MANSELLE IIIPrivate · June 19, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- RUBEN D MERCADO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RUSSELL BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 31
- JOHN STEPHEN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 32
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 34
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 35
- JAMES RAY FRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 36
- EUGENE L MANSELLE IIIPrivate · Panel 56W, Line 36
- RUBEN D MERCADO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 36
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 37
- LARRY REX OLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 37
- JOHN VINCENT QUINTALSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 2
- BOBBY DWAYNE STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 2
- FRED WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 3
- GARY DORVIN WOODSPrivate · Panel 55W, Line 3
- ROBERT GEORGE ZINKPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 4
From Chittenango
- ROBERT NELSON BARBERYSergeant · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS HAYNESSergeant · October 30, 1972
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.