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JOHN WILLIAM MASSEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordJohn William Massey JR, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 6
- DONALD RICHARD MAYBERRYSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- GEORGE M MAYS JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- ROBERT PATRICK MENNINGERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 99
- JAMES ADOLPH CRAFTCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 2
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 3
- JIMMY RAY GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 3
- THOMAS LEE GAINES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 4
- DAVID EUGENE LOVEGRENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 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.