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JOHN STEPHEN WASILOW
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 7, 1949 – November 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Stephen Wasilow, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 53
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 53
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1968
- DANIEL FLOYD WESTSergeant · November 24, 1968
- DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
From Myrtle Beach
- NEAL IRA BESTPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- WILLIE LEE KEITHSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- THOMAS LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · February 23, 1970
- LARRY LEON JORDANCorporal · March 24, 1970
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.