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JOHN WILLIAM MEDLIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1944 – November 7, 1966
Service recordJohn William Medlin, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 38
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 38
- JOSEPH RICHARD BACHUSPetty Officer Second Class · November 7, 1966
- WAYNE ADELBERT MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.