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JOHN KENNETH SUBLETT JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – March 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Kenneth Sublett JR, of Huntsville, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Texas (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 49
- MARTIN T SCOTT IISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- ALVIN MAYNARD SLATONCorporal · March 5, 1969
- CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLESpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN STRUCELPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERIC NATHANIEL ASHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 41
- MICHAEL ALLEN CLAUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 42
From Huntsville
- CLINTON RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DAVID GENE ISBELLFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT COLQUITT PLEMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 12, 1968
- IVAN J CAMPBELLCaptain · November 22, 1968
- JOHN TERRELL WHITSONSergeant · February 19, 1969
- JOHNNY MACK TINNEYCorporal · February 8, 1971
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.