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JOHN ROBERT FAVOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – January 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Favor, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 21
- WAYNE CECIEL CHITWOODCorporal · January 24, 1968
- KENNETH RAY GAYSpecialist Five · January 24, 1968
- KENNETH VIRGIL GOODMANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- JON LESLIE GRIMMETTSergeant · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JON LESLIE GRIMMETTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 21
- GEORGE JOSEPH HOLLY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 22
- FERDINAND J KORNICK JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 23
- WILLIAM W MCCLENDON JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 25
- ERNEST PATRICK PALCICSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 26
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.