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JOHN MARTIN HORTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – October 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Martin Horton JR, of Suffern, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Suffern, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 3
- PERRY WITT GRIFFITHSergeant · October 19, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR GROTHWarrant Officer 1 · October 19, 1968
- JOHNNY L JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- DERRELL WALTER JOYCEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PERRY WITT GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 3
From Suffern
- ROBERT MICHAEL BATESSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
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.