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JOHN STEVEN SERATTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 1, 1951 – August 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Steven Seratte, of Fremont, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 127
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 127
- CHARLES BENJAMIN SEMINARAStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN SHERIDANPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS DEAN SNYDERCorporal · August 10, 1969
- LARRY JAMES TALLEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY ALAN SCHONFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 122
- ROGER DALE HOLLIFIELDSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 123
- LARRY DALE MCGHEESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 125
- CARL ALFRED PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 125
- PAUL GEORGE PLACZEKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 125
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
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.