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JOHN LEE STRICKLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 29, 1936 – January 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Lee Strickland, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 29, 1936
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 12
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- G LYLE STETTENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- JOHN ONEIL WELSH JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 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.