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JOHN RUNYON NEARY II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1946 – May 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Runyon Neary II, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 39
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- GEORGE CHARLES OLSENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY FEDRO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 31
- SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 34
- PAUL MARION NANCE JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 38
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.