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JOHN WATTS DRINKHOUSE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 10, 1944 – November 18, 1967
Service recordJohn Watts Drinkhouse, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 15
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dental Technician (DT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 DENT CO 3 MED BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 10, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 DENT CO 3 MED BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 15
- LESLIE JOHN HAUERColonel · July 31, 1967
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DYER JRPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- RAYMOND GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN HARTWELLSergeant · November 18, 1967
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.