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JOHN LEROY STRALEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1939 – January 18, 1964
Service recordJohn Leroy Straley, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1964, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- UTT HELO CO
- Born
- May 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1964. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “UTT HELO CO”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 42
- BRYFORD GLENN METOYERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1964
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
Same unit, same day
- BRYFORD GLENN METOYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 42
From Beaver Falls
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
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.