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JOHN SANDERS OLDHAM
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1933 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Sanders Oldham, of Tinnie, New Mexico, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 265 MAG 16 1MAW FMF
- Born
- July 3, 1933
- Home of record
- Tinnie, New Mexico (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 91
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- JIM EDWIN MOSHIERCorporal · June 11, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND NELSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- JOSEPH L PARKSCorporal · June 11, 1967
From Tinnie
- WILLIE J SANDFER JRStaff Sergeant · March 24, 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.