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JOHN LEE ESPENSHIED
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 17, 1934 – March 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Lee Espenshied, of Delaware, Ohio, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 10, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 101
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Born
- August 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Delaware, Ohio (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 10, 1969
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 101
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD GOLEMON JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- KENNETH GAGE HAVENSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- STEPHEN MARTIN WELCHPetty Officer Third Class · October 21, 1969
From Delaware
- NORMAN RALPH ANDERSONSergeant · January 1, 1968
- RONALD DEAN POOLELance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM MCKEESergeant · March 28, 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.