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JOHNNY PHILLIP COSTNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1939 – November 10, 1970
Service recordJohnny Phillip Costner, of York, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 49
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
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 28, 1939
- Home of record
- York, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In November 1970, 347 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 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 49
- JOHN WILLIE HERRINGSergeant First Class · November 9, 1970
- BENTLEY THOMAS DAVISSpecialist Four · November 10, 1970
- VICTOR MONROE DEWALTLance Corporal · November 10, 1970
- WALDEMAR S GRZESKOWIAKSpecialist Four · November 10, 1970
From York
- ABRAHAM HARRISPrivate · October 13, 1967
- ROBERT SAYE GOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
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.