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JOHN STERLING MELIUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1950 – May 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Sterling Melius, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 13
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 13
- ROBERT BENJAMIN LUTHERCorporal · May 10, 1970
- CLIFFORD F MACOMBER JRSergeant · May 10, 1970
- THOMAS BRUCE MERRIMANSergeant · May 10, 1970
- RALPH OLIVER MURPHY IIICorporal · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BLACKMONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 10
- ROBERT BENJAMIN LUTHERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 13
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.