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JOHN OKEMAH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1930 – April 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Okemah, of Harrah, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 41
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1930
- Home of record
- Harrah, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 41
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- AGAPITO GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JOE EDD GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
From Harrah
- AL DOUGLAS CORBOLance Corporal · October 13, 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.