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JOHN PETER HYLAND
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 16, 1946 – February 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Peter Hyland, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 52
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- May 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 36E, Line 52
- EDDIE GRAY HUFFMANSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- LEROY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT EARL JOHNSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 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.