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JOHN STEVEN BAGO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1945 – January 4, 1967
Service recordJohn Steven Bago, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 114
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 114
- CHARLES LINDON VANOVER SRMaster Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY CARL RUHLOFFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- JOE HAROLD KEIFERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1967
- DONALD GEORGE REICHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.