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JOHN WILLIAM IGERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – August 17, 1968
Service recordJohn William Igert, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 33
- MICKY RAY HIGHLANDERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- NOBE RAY KOONTZ JRCaptain · August 17, 1968
- DAVID STEVEN LASSITERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- LOREN VICTOR LEEPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN HANNAMANSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 32
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.