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JOHN THOMAS POVEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1940 – August 24, 1965
Service recordJohn Thomas Povey, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Man, Manual Account (3071)
- Born
- December 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 24
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- JOHN K KEAO IIIPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- DENNIS LICHOTASpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- MILES HILTON LOPER JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.