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JOHN LYNN POWERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – February 15, 1971
Service recordJohn Lynn Powers, of Mackay, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Mackay, Idaho (Custer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 107
- MARVIN MAURICE LEONARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
- JULIAN ERNEST MARQUEZSpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
- JOE LUCIO ORTEGA JRCorporal · February 15, 1971
- LARRY FREEMAN OTTCorporal · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD NORMAN BRUSOSpecialist Six · Panel 5W, Line 104
- JOSEPH SCOTT BURKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 105
- JAMES PAUL COBBSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 105
- RICHARD NEIL CONCANNONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 105
- WILLIS CALVIN CREARSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 105
- DONALD EVERETT CRONESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 106
- STEVEN GLENN ENGLANDSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 106
- BARRY FRANK FIVELSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 106
- JOHN WILLIAM HOWELLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 106
- ZEBULON MURPHY JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 106
- MARVIN MAURICE LEONARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 107
- LARRY FREEMAN OTTCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 107
- RICHARD BENNETT RINEHARTCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 108
- WILLIAM DANIEL SAPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 108
- JAMES LEROY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 108
- YOSHIO TAKEHARASergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 109
- JAMES HARRY TAYLORSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 109
- GABRIEL TRUJILLOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 110
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 110
From Mackay
- JERRY BARBER WILSONSpecialist Four · December 14, 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.