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JOHN WADSWORT CONSOLVO JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1944 – May 7, 1972
Service recordJohn Wadswort Consolvo JR, of Ft Belvoir, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on May 7, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmfa F-4s (I) (7522)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 212 MAG 15 1 MAW
- Born
- January 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Belvoir, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 7, 1972
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 14
- LINCOLN ROY WRIGHTPrivate · May 4, 1972
- GLEN SIMMANG IVEYCaptain · May 6, 1972
- MARVIN BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER WILESLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1972
- JOHN MURRAY LEAVER JRCommander · May 8, 1972
From Ft Belvoir
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 15, 1968
- ROLAND HAROLD NADEAUPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- FRED VINCENT COLELieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1970
- MELVIN WAYNE FINCHCaptain · March 30, 1972
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.