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JOHN RICHARD LINDEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 9, 1946 – May 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Richard Lindel, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 11
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
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 11
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUDWIGPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ALAN LOUIS MATTESpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 7
- JAMES DANIEL MCKELVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- CARL GENE WARDSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.