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JOHN MONKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1944 – January 27, 1966
Service recordJohn Monks, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 101
- KENNETH GERARD MCBRIDELance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- ROOSEVELT SNOW ROMESergeant · January 27, 1966
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 98
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 100
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 100
- KENNETH GERARD MCBRIDELance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 101
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.