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JOHN PATRICK EMERLING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1942 – November 20, 1965
Service recordJohn Patrick Emerling, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 103
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 103
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- RONALD PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- JOSEPH P MARAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- GEORGE MCCUTCHENColonel · November 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 102
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 103
- RONALD PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 103
- IVAN NOTEBOOMSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 104
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
- BILLY JOE WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 105
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.