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JOHN MOSES ANANIAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1946 – September 30, 1969
Service recordJohn Moses Ananian, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 20
- PHILLIP BERNARD COONEYSpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN DAHLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- LOUIS THOMAS ORTIZPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- PHILIP HENRY REITHER JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY ALLEN DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 20
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.