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JOHN PETER GUERIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 11, 1938 – June 5, 1966
Service recordJohn Peter Guerin, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 10
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- MICHAEL PATRICK DONLONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- BILLY EDWIN GIPSONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- DOUGLAS WARREN HOGGELance Corporal · June 5, 1966
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.