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JOHN ROY MARKILLIE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 3, 1946 – June 21, 1966
Service recordJohn Roy Markillie, of Modesto, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 21, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 72
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- WAYNE HERMAN NELSONSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.