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JOHN MAUTZ NEILL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 3, 1942 – January 27, 1971
Service recordJohn Mautz Neill, of Hiram, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 27, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Hiram, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 65
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
- WILLIAM DEO NICODEMUSSpecialist Four · January 26, 1971
- GEORGE LORD ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1971
- ROBERTO LUIS CANASCorporal · January 27, 1971
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.