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JOHN WINTERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1950 – May 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Winters, of Clark, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 109
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Clark, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 109
- RICHARD NEAL WHITECorporal · May 25, 1969
- LEROY CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- MERRILL BARNESSergeant First Class · May 26, 1969
- TIMOTHY K FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
From Clark
- RICHARD DANNER HARTMANCommander · July 18, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD KUSPIELSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SEVELLCaptain · February 28, 1968
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.