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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Nolan Bourne.

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JOHN NOLAN BOURNE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

August 10, 1949 – June 1, 1968

Service record

John Nolan Bourne, of Garland, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 62W · Line 20

Position of Panel 62W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
Born
August 10, 1949
Home of record
Garland, Utah (Box Elder County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 1, 1968
Age
18
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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What was happening

60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 62W, Line 20

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.