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JOHNNY DELBERT VERSCHEURE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1949 – December 12, 1970
Service recordJohnny Delbert Verscheure, of Geneseo, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Geneseo, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 117
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1970
- CARLOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- OWEN GEORGE SKINNERColonel · December 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE GAINERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 116
From Geneseo
- IVAN LOUIS HELLERHospitalman · October 11, 1968
- CARL EDWARD KLEINAUSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- NELS IVAR HEMMINGSONLance Corporal · June 17, 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.