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JOHN WALTER VOYLES
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 12, 1948 – August 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Walter Voyles, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 74
- GERALD LEON SILVERSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT NORMAN SMITHColonel · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- PAUL ALLAN SPARKSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY N CREASYCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 66
- ROBERTO CERVANTES DUENASCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MACKAYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 70
- GEORGE WILLIAM PEARSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 72
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.