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JOHN RODNEY NOBLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 24, 1950 – October 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Rodney Noble, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 41
- ANGEL LUNATechnical Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- WILLIAM W MEISEL JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JONATHON JEFFREY HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 40
- EVERETT LEROY DAUGHERTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 43
- JAMES WALTER SZCZUPAJSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 43
- FRANK C VANLOON JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 44
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1969
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.