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JOHN MICHAEL BORG
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 4, 1950 – June 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Borg, of Dunedin, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Dunedin, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 111
- CHARLES EARL CLUBBSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- RICHARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · June 22, 1969
- ERICH CARL ENGELHARDColonel · June 22, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID HEGWOODLance Corporal · June 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES AUSTIN ROBERGCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 114
From Dunedin
- BRADFORD BARTON GREENESpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- RUSSELL THOMAS FORDPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- KEITH ALLEN MCENANYPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
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.