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JOHN VEIHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Veihl, of Tower, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 1
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Tower, Michigan (Cheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 1
- JERRY MONROE WALDRONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- THEODORE GAY WEYMOUTHLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- GERALD PAUL WILLIBERCorporal · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.