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JOHN MORTON ROPER
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 1, 1931 – November 29, 1966
Service recordJohn Morton Roper, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1966, in Laos, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 130
- STEPHEN CARL SHARPFireman · November 29, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- FRANK W CHADWICK JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1966
- HERBERT JAMES NECEPrivate First Class · November 30, 1966
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 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.