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JOHN WILLIAM MURSCH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – July 8, 1970
Service recordJohn William Mursch, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 131
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 131
- DANIEL JOSEPH MALONEYSergeant · July 8, 1970
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · July 8, 1970
- RANDAL GENE SOWERSPrivate · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH EDWIN GRAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- WILLIAM LEROY NETTLESpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- JOHN FLANAGAN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 133
- DONALD BRUCE THOMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 1
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.