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JOHN STILES EARLE
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
July 3, 1941 – June 22, 1970
Service recordJohn Stiles Earle, of Westfield, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 22, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 172 USS SHANGRI LA CVA 38
- Born
- July 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Westfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 78
- CHARLES CASTULO CISNEROSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1970
- RAUL DEJESUS-ROSACorporal · June 22, 1970
- WILLIAM MARTIN DUNNINGSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
- ALLEN EUGENE OATNEYCorporal · June 22, 1970
From Westfield
- DANIEL JOSEPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LINDSEY DEANEFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- JEFFERY MARK PARENTLance Corporal · May 4, 1969
- JAMES DONALD ZEBERTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
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.