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JOHN WESLEY WINTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Wesley Winter, of Brewton, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Brewton, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 62
- ARTHUR RICHARD TIMBOEFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- EUGENE VERNON WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- LARRY ELLIS WILLIAMSCorporal · February 1, 1968
- ROYCE HAROLD WILSON JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
From Brewton
- OBIE CLYDE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JIMMY RAY THOMASPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 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.