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JOHN MACY BIRCH
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 5, 1945 – March 16, 1970
Service recordJohn Macy Birch, of La Habra, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- La Habra, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 3
- FLOYD EDWARD ANDRUS IIIPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- GREGORY JOSEPH ASBECKPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- WILLIAM PETE BLETSCHPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- GARY LEE BURKETTSpecialist Four · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JOSEPH ASBECKPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 12W, Line 3
- WILLIAM PETE BLETSCHPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 12W, Line 3
- HARRY CHARLEMONT MARTINLieutenant Commander · Panel 12W, Line 7
- JAMES MADISON MASTERS JRLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 12W, Line 7
- WILLIAM JOHN RISSEChief Petty Officer · Panel 12W, Line 10
From La Habra
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- PETER FREDERICK CHERNEYLieutenant · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD ANDREW GILLASPYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS JOYNERFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 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.