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JOHN TERRELL WHITSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1944 – February 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Terrell Whitson, of Huntsville, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Born
- January 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Texas
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Added to the Wall
- 2017
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 58
- DAN RAE BYHAMPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- JAMES WENDALL DALTONCorporal · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD LEE EARLYSergeant First Class · February 19, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- GARY ROY GENTHCorporal · February 19, 1969
From Huntsville
- CLINTON RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DAVID GENE ISBELLFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT COLQUITT PLEMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 12, 1968
- IVAN J CAMPBELLCaptain · November 22, 1968
- JOHN KENNETH SUBLETT JRCorporal · March 5, 1969
- JOHNNY MACK TINNEYCorporal · February 8, 1971
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2017, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.