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JOHN THOMAS WOLFE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 11, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Wolfe, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 4
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- MARTIN ROWLAND MANESSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- DONALD DAVID MEISSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN MUSZYNSKISergeant · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN MUSZYNSKISergeant · Panel 61W, Line 4
- LARRY LEE YORKCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 9
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
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.