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JOHNNY DEWEY VOLLRATH
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 20, 1949 – November 1, 1969
Service recordJohnny Dewey Vollrath, of Royston, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Royston, Georgia (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 16
- JOHN EDWARD VANDENBERG JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1969
- GILBERT EARL WALLACEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1969
- DONALD GENE WEHRSergeant · November 1, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTTSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERSHEL CLIFFORD SMITHCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 15
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.