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JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – December 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Raymond Ausbern, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Sand Springs, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 27
- DENHAM A WHITESELL JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- ARTHUR WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- WALTER TIMOTHY BAHLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DON W BONNERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 28
- ALEX BOYD CONLEYSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 30
- KENNETH GERALD GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 32
- JAMES TIMOTHY SHEFFIELDPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 36
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 37
From Sand Springs
- BILLIE ALLEN HALLStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- DAVID RICHARD STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN GAINESSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 8, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- JIMMY LEON GOODELLLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
- CHESTER ROY REESE JRSpecialist Five · September 5, 1970
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · September 10, 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.