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JOHNNY RALPH VERASTIQUE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 30, 1942 – January 7, 1969
Service recordJohnny Ralph Verastique, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 46
- ROBERT JOE BOWLINSergeant · January 7, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD CLOUGHWarrant Officer 1 · January 7, 1969
- CHARLIE ANTHONY DAVISCorporal · January 7, 1969
- TOMMY CLAYTON DONOVAN IIPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOE BOWLINSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 46
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 49
- JAMES KEITH MERRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 49
- CRAIG SEIMON OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 50
- DANNY RAY SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 51
- LEO ROBERT MULLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 52
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.