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JOHN WAYNE STATES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1942 – September 26, 1968
Service recordJohn Wayne States, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 23
- CHARLES RODNEY SLUSSERFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- JOHN CLIFFORD SMITH IIISpecialist Five · September 26, 1968
- JOHN WELFRED STAHLLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS EUGENE GOSSAGESpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 17
- JOHN CLAYTON WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 25
- WILLIAM ARNOLD WESTLAKECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 25
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.