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JOHN RALPH PAINTER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1942 – June 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Ralph Painter JR, of Palmdale, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Palmdale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 50
- CITY THEODORE C NEW JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- ALLEN TRUMAN NEWMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 3, 1967
- GARY MALCOLM OBRIENCorporal · June 3, 1967
- BENJAMIN F PELZER IILance Corporal · June 3, 1967
From Palmdale
- MILTON KEITH MCNULTYFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
- EUGENE WAYNE BURKHARTPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- CLAYTON BENTLEY LOWE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- MONTE RAY HARPERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN KINGPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MILTON SHAPIROPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- ROY GLENN ZUFELTSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.