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JOHN ROBERT PEACOCK II
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1946 – October 12, 1972
Service recordJohn Robert Peacock II, of Kailua, Hawaii, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on October 12, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma (Aw) (I), Frs Basic A-6 (7511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 533 MAG 15 1 MAW
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Kailua, Hawaii (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 12, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 81
- CARL OTTIS MCCORMICKLieutenant Colonel · October 6, 1972
- PETER MCARTHUR CLEARYMajor · October 10, 1972
- LEONARDO CAPISTRAN LEONORMajor · October 10, 1972
- FRED GEORGE MICKSergeant · October 12, 1972
From Kailua
- LEONARD GORDON GOROSPEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- RICKY WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate · July 29, 1967
- RALPH MARION DRYDEN JRMajor · July 28, 1968
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.