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JOHN LESLIE CATTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – June 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Leslie Catton, of Toulon, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- M1a1 Abrams Tank Turret Mechanic (45E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Toulon, Illinois (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 32
- LARRY VINCENT CHMIELSecond Lieutenant · June 2, 1967
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD CRAIGLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT GRAHAM JRPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 34
- DANIEL LEE HARMONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 34
From Toulon
- MONTE EUGENE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 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.