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JOHN VINCENT VEARA
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1931 – August 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Vincent Veara, of El Paso, Texas, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 5
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1931
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 5
- RALPH WILLIAM MILBOURNESergeant First Class · August 19, 1968
- VICTOR DAVID TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- JONAS BENFORDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 52
- WILLIE STEPHEN FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 54
- ROY ARBEN HARBAUGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 54
- AUBREY RUDOLPH HENLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
- TERRY ALAN HODGESSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
- DWAYNE ELBERT KEVERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 57
- ALVIN HUGH LANGFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 57
- JOE EDDIE LOFTONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 57
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 2
- JACK POOLA PASHANOSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 2
- RICHARD RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 3
- FREDERICK VERNON SEABORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- RENE SERRANOPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- LEONARD EARL SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 5
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.