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JOHN WILLIAM HORAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – June 5, 1969
Service recordJohn William Horan, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 75
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 75
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- EDWARD EARL KINGCorporal · June 5, 1969
- CLYDE DAVID LAHRSergeant · June 5, 1969
- ROBERT EBERT LANGSTONCorporal · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 69
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 70
- KEVIN ROBERT CROWEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 71
- LAWRENCE PATRICK MULVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 77
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.