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JOHN RAYMOND DRISCOLL III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1939 – July 4, 1969
Service recordJohn Raymond Driscoll III, of San Mateo, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1939
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 58
- RODNEY DAVID WILSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- GLENN ROGER WORKMANPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- BEN GOODMAN DUGANPetty Officer Second Class · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN MICHAEL STICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 63
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
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.