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JOHN RAY MIFFLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1948 – April 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Ray Mifflin, of Murphysboro, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Murphysboro, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 33
- ROGER DALE CURTISSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- JOHN HENRY MCSWINEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- CHESTER ANDREW MOLLEYSecond Lieutenant · April 23, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE MOONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 30
- ROBERT WAYNE MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 33
- KENNETH RALPH PEDERSENPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 34
- STEPHEN LEWIS PLOTKINSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 35
From Murphysboro
- MICHAEL PHILIP SCHWEBELPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · May 10, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
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.