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JOHN WAYNE BADON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – August 18, 1967
Service recordJohn Wayne Badon, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 10
- JESSE RUTLEDGE BAKERSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BRYANTSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- MARVIN DOUGLAS BUCKRIDGESpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 10
- MARVIN DOUGLAS BUCKRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 10
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 11
- STEPHEN WINFIELD DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 11
- ADAN FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 11
- JOHN CHARLES IMRIESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 12
- THOMAS R KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 12
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 12
- FRED W MITCHELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 13
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 13
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 14
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 14
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.