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JOHN JOSEPH VISSER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1948 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Visser, of Grandville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 34
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Grandville, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 34
- THOMAS JAMES CAVANAUGHCorporal · September 19, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- ROGER O CLEMENSMajor · September 19, 1968
- RAYMOND TERRENCE CONWAYSergeant · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVE JULIUS DOCKERYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 35
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 38
- DAVID CURTIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 38
- VERNON LEON HEADRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 41
- WILLIAM RICHARD TURNER JRSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 44
- MICHAEL KAYE WONDERLICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 44
From Grandville
- TIMOTHY RAY VANTONGERENPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
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.