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JOHN ROBERT BOX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1946 – September 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert Box, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 60
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 60
- SCOTT NEAL STANTONSergeant · September 8, 1969
- MARVIN JUSTIN TAYLORSergeant · September 8, 1969
- JEFFREY BORRWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1969
- VICTOR PAUL CASSMEYER JRCorporal · September 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY LEROY JENKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 62
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.