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JOHN MICHAEL NEALON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1945 – December 24, 1967
Service recordJohn Michael Nealon, of Sherborn, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Sherborn, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 55
- RONALD ALLEN PARSONSPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- LARRY WENDELL PIERCEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- VERNIE HOMER POWERSPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
From Sherborn
- WILFRID NARCISS BOURGEOISStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1964
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.