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JOHN VICTOR COUTURE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 30, 1946 – January 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Victor Couture, of Hampton Bays, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Hampton Bays, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 25
- PHILLIP ERNEST BENJAMINPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- ELDRIDGE MAURICE DANIELSSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WAYMON CLAY ELRODCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 26
- STANLEY DEAN WHITEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 29
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.