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JOHN ROGER THIELEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1947 – March 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Roger Thielen, of El Monte, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 74
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 74
- HERBERT ARTHUR TATUMSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- JOSE TORREROSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH YOLKIEWICZPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- JACKIE LEE DAVISONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD DODSONSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 67
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
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.