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JOHN VINCENT FOLGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – May 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Vincent Folger, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 98
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 98
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DUNKLECorporal · May 13, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY EGGENBERGERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 96
- MARTIN LEO DAMITIOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 97
- FELIX G GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 99
- HOMER PHILLIP KENDRICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 25W, Line 103
- JEROME KRISTIN LUKASPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 104
- TEDDY RAY MOORECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 107
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 108
- WESLEY WARREN STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 111
- ALAN CURTIS WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 113
- RAYMOND LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 114
- LARRY DELARNARD AIKENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 42
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 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.