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JOHN MICHAEL LINDNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – January 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Lindner, of Caseyville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 50
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Caseyville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 50
- GENE RAY KUNTZCorporal · January 5, 1968
- FLORIAN HENRY KUSSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- LAFON WINSTON LADSONPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED MELVIN WRENNSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 54
From Caseyville
- PATRICK CONNERCorporal · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE BOEHMWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
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.