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JOHN PARKER POWELL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 1, 1939 – August 13, 1970
Service recordJohn Parker Powell, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 13, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 108
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 108
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- NICHOLAS G JOHNSON SRStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1970
- EDWARD CHARLES JOHNSTONWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1970
- LESTER EUGENE OONKLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.