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JOHN LEVINTHOL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – March 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Levinthol JR, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 2
- NORMAN EDWARD LANE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JOSEPH LASZLOWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JOSE MEDRANO JRCorporal · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ADAM OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 4
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.