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JOHN JUNIOR SEXTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1943 – November 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Junior Sexton, of Groveport, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 119
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Groveport, Ohio (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 119
- CHARLES M RUSSELL IIIStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- THOMAS MARCELLUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- JAMES BLAIR WHITEMajor · November 24, 1969
- JOHN HEZEKIAH WHITTINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY JOSEPH BEDARDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 114
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 118
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 120
From Groveport
- JAMES MICHAEL TIMMONSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
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.