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JOHN ROBERT PINER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 8, 1948 – March 11, 1970
Service recordJohn Robert Piner, of San Gabriel, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 11, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 113
- DAVID LINWOOD MATHISCaptain · March 11, 1970
- OLAF THOMAS OLSENCorporal · March 11, 1970
- PETER LOUIS PROCOPIOSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
From San Gabriel
- BRUCE HORACE EATONSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1967
- ALLEN DALE JAGIELOPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · December 6, 1967
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZCorporal · February 2, 1968
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- LEE THOMAS HAMMANHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES MITTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
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.