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JOHN PAUL DIDIER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – March 26, 1970
Service recordJohn Paul Didier JR, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 45
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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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 45
- WILLIAM LARRY ANDREWSLance Corporal · March 26, 1970
- RAYMOND H CRULLPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
- RICHARD GENE ELZINGAMajor · March 26, 1970
- JOE ALEXANDER ESCANDONSergeant · March 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID TOBIAS SOLISSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 47
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.