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JOHN RICHMOND VANHORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1943 – June 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Richmond Vanhorn, of Lyons, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Lyons, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 18
- MICHAEL PAUL MINEHANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · June 2, 1968
- ANDREW JACOB WANGPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW WASHBURNSergeant · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 9
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
- STEPHEN WESLEY BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 10
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 11
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- LLOYD MARTAIN STARKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 17
From Lyons
- JAMES WILLIAM ROBINSON JRSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DONALD F LEKOVISHPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- PAUL RAY STATONPrivate First Class · September 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.