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JOHN KENNETH CHILDERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – January 21, 1969
Service recordJohn Kenneth Childers, of Forsyth, Montana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 47
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dental Specialist (91E)
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Forsyth, Montana (Rosebud County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 47
- DIEGO AMADORPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- VICTOR WALKER BULLARD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- BRUCE ALAN CLARKSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD DRAUGHNSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
From Forsyth
- WALTER JOHN HOWARD JRCorporal · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD PISENO JRSecond Lieutenant · December 11, 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.