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JOHN ONDERDONK ROESLER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1939 – January 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Onderdonk Roesler, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 26
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 26
- ERNEST PATRICK PALCICSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- FRANCIS PENNETTILance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- RAMIRO RIOS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.