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NOEL ALEXANDER JOHN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1933 – September 7, 1967
Service recordNoel Alexander John, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 26
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 24, 1933
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 26
- EDDIE DEAN HAMMLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- LEE BRIAN JARVISSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW JONESLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- BRUCE HERBERT KRAGESergeant · September 7, 1967
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.