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JOHN R NAUGHTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1950 – November 25, 1969
Service recordJohn R Naughton JR, of Sterling, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Sterling, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 122
- WILTON PADIER JRSpecialist Five · November 25, 1969
- JOHN PATTISON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- JACK WILLIAM POMEROYSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- JERRY DOUGLAS RAWLSCorporal · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY PATRICK HERSHBERGERSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 121
- JACK WILLIAM POMEROYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 122
From Sterling
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- GARY ALLEN LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES KELLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 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.