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JOHN MICHAEL ASTLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1942 – June 5, 1967
Service recordJohn Michael Astley, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 57
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · June 4, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELDCaptain · June 5, 1967
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · June 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · Panel 21E, Line 57
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 58
- MICHAEL DEAN HALFORDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 58
- STEPHEN W SOKALSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 59
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.