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JOHN JOSEPH VICTORY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1945 – April 28, 1966
Service recordJohn Joseph Victory, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 18 AVN CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “18 AVN CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 6
- JERRY WILLIE RAY SANKSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- STEPHEN CHARLES VALLIEREPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- DEANE S VANDYKE JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- MICHAEL HENRY BALLSpecialist Five · April 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WILLIE RAY SANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 6
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.