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JOHN R MEDLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1946 – March 14, 1968
Service recordJohn R Medley, of Texas City, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Texas City, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 49
- GERRY DEWAYNE MAJORLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- ERNESTO MARTINEZLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- TERRY LYNN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ERNEST W WIGLESWORTH JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ADOLFO AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- DONALD EUGENE KIDDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 47
- THOMAS GEORGE KOLINSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 48
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 48
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 51
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · Panel 44E, Line 53
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 53
- SAMMIE RAY SNEED JRCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 55
From Texas City
- CHARLES EDWARD HERRINGTONSergeant · November 15, 1965
- QUINTON MORGAN BICECorporal · October 14, 1967
- RUFUS HOODPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS RAYMOND STEINBACHLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- WAIN PERRY CRAIGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- ROBERT DALE SPENCERSergeant · August 3, 1970
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · February 20, 1971
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.