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JOHN MILTON CONE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1943 – November 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Milton Cone, of Independence, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 87
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Independence, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 87
- ALLEN HAYES CALDWELLSergeant · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- CHARLES MITCHELL COHENPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH FUERSTSergeant · November 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 86
- CHARLES MITCHELL COHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 87
- THOMAS KEITH KAMPSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 88
- KENNETH GORDON KLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 90
- JAMES FRANCIS POLUSNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 90
- DAVID TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 91
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 91
From Independence
- ARNOLD RALPH PALMERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- MARTIN JOHN REIDYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE EWINGPrivate · June 11, 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.