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JOHN MIRICH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – January 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Mirich, of Struthers, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Struthers, Ohio (Mahoning County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 16
- HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- HARRY ALBERT MATTINGLY JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CRANSTON MINKSPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- WENDELL ALBERT MORRISONPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · Panel 34W, Line 13
- JOHN CLAUD DEATONSpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 14
- PAUL ROBERT DEWSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 14
- FREDRICK LEE HOLDERSpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 15
- GEORGE FRANCIS LAPANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 34W, Line 15
From Struthers
- EUGENE MICHAEL PALISKISStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1964
- LOUIS SAM GUTIERREZSergeant · November 18, 1965
- LEONARD STEPHEN HAUSERMANPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- RONALD CHARLESLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JERRY LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · June 25, 1968
- WALTER BRUCE HOXWORTHSergeant · March 8, 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.