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JOHN RICHARD EARLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1950 – April 28, 1969
Service recordJohn Richard Earley, of Eureka, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 70
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- KENNETH KEITH EPLEYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- FREDERIC RICHARD HARBOTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- JOSEPH FELDER HARTLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 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.