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JOHN TYLER LOGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1941 – September 30, 1966
Service recordJohn Tyler Logan, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 31
- RICHARD THOMAS MALASPINAPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- HENRY OLIN MARTIN IIIPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- RICHARD ALBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 30
- IRVIN JAMES HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 30
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
- DONALD REGINALD JOHNSTONSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
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.