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JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – July 29, 1969
Service recordJohn William Whisenant, of Venice, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 74
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Venice, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 74
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · July 29, 1969
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · July 29, 1969
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · July 29, 1969
- HENRY ESTRELLA VILLALOBOSPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLACaptain · Panel 20W, Line 68
- PERRY NATHANIEL BROWNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 69
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 73
From Venice
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- EURAL STANLEY JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- STEVEN CATARINO MARTINEZSergeant · August 20, 1968
- STEVE EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- WAYNE KEITH SMITHSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
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.