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JOHN ROBERT SINNOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1948 – May 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Sinnock, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 2
- PEDRO ANGEL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT HERNDON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- LEWIS PHILIP SMITH IIMajor · May 30, 1968
- HERBERT DONALD SNELLPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAY HAYNIEChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 63W, Line 16
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · October 20, 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.