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JOHN WALTER TEAGUE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – May 17, 1966
Service recordJohn Walter Teague, of Clinton, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 76
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Clinton, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 76
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BOBBY DALE SWINDELLSergeant · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY A BARGASergeant · Panel 7E, Line 67
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 67
- SAMUEL DAVID CARPENTERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 68
- TERRY WAYNE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- GARY THOMAS FUTRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 68
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 70
- WALTER FELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- BENNY SAN NICOLAS FLORESSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 71
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGYAROSISergeant · Panel 7E, Line 72
- FREDRICK CHARLES MANGATPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 72
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 72
- PICARDO RAMONLZY MAYSSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 73
- ROCHESTER MITCHELLPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 73
- GILBERT GREGORY MULLENCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 73
- EDWARD GEORGE MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 73
- HAROLD BRADLEY NADEAUPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 73
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · Panel 7E, Line 74
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 74
- JOHN PETERS RANDLESCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 75
- CLIFFORD G RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 75
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 77
From Clinton
- ROY JAMES BLACKWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- REGINALD ROCKEFEL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- LEON SHIRLEY MADDENStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · July 9, 1969
- JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS OWENSSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.