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JOHN RAYMOND FEESER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordJohn Raymond Feeser, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 101
- CHARLES GARVIN DOUGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- STEPHEN PAUL FINKEWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1970
- CRAIG JAMES FOXChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- RAMON LEE GRAYSONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- DAVID CRAIG GUNDERSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- JAMES MASON KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- JACK DAVID LEOPARDSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 102
- BOYD WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 106
- ROBERT WARD WORTHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 108
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.