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JOHN WILLARD ROHR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1946 – April 5, 1970
Service recordJohn Willard Rohr, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 98
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 April 5, 1970; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 98
- ROBERT LOCKET JRSergeant · April 5, 1970
- WILLIAM LEE LOWERYLance Corporal · April 5, 1970
- CLARENCE JOSEPH NOVAKSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- ANDREW MICHAEL SIMKOLieutenant Colonel · April 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE CARROLL BIGELOWSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 95
- DAVID RUSSELL BORZYCHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 95
- CHARLES MICHAEL COBBCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 96
- EUGENE PAUL GEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 97
- CALVIN JEROME LAYTONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 97
- STEVEN MICHAEL TORREYCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 99
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
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.