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JOHN RICHARD HUMPHREY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 19, 1931 – November 26, 1966
Service recordJohn Richard Humphrey, of Fair Oaks, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 120
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Fair Oaks, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 120
- HAROLD LEONARD GRAVESLieutenant Colonel · November 26, 1966
- JOSEPH WAYNE HARRISONPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WEBBLieutenant Colonel · November 26, 1966
From Fair Oaks
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · March 30, 1966
- ALGER EDGAR DURELL JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- RANDALL BRIAN RAINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- KENNETH DALE STRAINAirman · July 29, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN IIISpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- DENNIS KARL SHOWERSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD CHESTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1968
- CLIO C FEATHERSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- JOHN CARL GUENTHER JRSergeant · June 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 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.