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JOHN LEO DIEDERICH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1948 – August 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Leo Diederich, of Jennings, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Jennings, Kansas (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 40
- RONALD FRANCIS DONOHUELance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- CLIFFORD ARVIN DRAPERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR ELLERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE CALENTINECorporal · Panel 47W, Line 39
- WILBURN CHASTAIN GIDEONCaptain · Panel 47W, Line 42
- EUGENE JOHN HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- JOEL MITCHELL LAROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 49
- ROBERT WAYNE SALTERSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 54
- DANIEL GEORGE SCHWANCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 54
- STEVEN CHARLES VINTERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 56
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.