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JOHN LEE ERVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – August 31, 1970
Service recordJohn Lee Ervin, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 26
- DAVID GLENN CHANEYPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · August 31, 1970
- HORSE CONRAD LEE FLYINGLance Corporal · August 31, 1970
- NICHOLAS C STEFANICHSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER ALLEN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 28
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.