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JOHN STEWART DURLIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 1, 1949 – June 23, 1970
Service recordJohn Stewart Durlin, of Lake City, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 23, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 83
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signalman (SM)
- Born
- June 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake City, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 83
- JOHN JOSEPH DONNELLY IIISeaman · June 23, 1970
- JAMES RAYMOND GOREPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1970
- DANIEL JOHN HALLOWSWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1970
- MYLLIN GERALD HENRICHStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
From Lake City
- DAVID VERN BILLINGSLance Corporal · January 7, 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.