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JOHN THOMAS INTIHAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1948 – April 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Intihar, of Jamestown, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 40
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamestown, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 40
- JOHN SMYTHE MANCHESTERFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- PEDRO ANTO MAYMI-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- LUIS R MUNOZSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 34
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 37
- ROBERT ERIE HOLEYFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 38
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 39
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
- ROBERT LOUIS MCDUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 41
- VALENTINE AMBROSE OCHSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 42
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MELVIN PRYOR SRSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 43
- RONNIE GLYNN SLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Jamestown
- JOHN FRANKLIN BARRYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ORMAN LEE CROSSLEY JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR OLSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS PAUL LIGAMMARISpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- FREDERICK ALFRED VERRYSpecialist Four · June 4, 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.