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JOHN MARTIN SOUTHER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 25, 1949 – February 26, 1971
Service recordJohn Martin Souther, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 7
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 7
- LARRY GENE HARRISONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1971
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LANGNEHSSergeant · February 26, 1971
- WALTER HODGKINGSON NAYARPetty Officer Second Class · February 26, 1971
- JON EDWARD SWANSONCaptain · February 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LANGNEHSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 7
- SHERMAN RAY TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 8
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.