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SSGT John Frederick Downing

Birth: 27 May 1950
Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Death: 16 Apr 1970 (aged 19)
Vietnam
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section 46 Site 942-1
Memorial ID: 6315900 View Source

SSG (E-5), United States Army. Ground casualty in Kinh Dinh, Vietnam. Son of George D. Downing, Jr. and Jean Akins Downing. The bottom photo shows my wife and two children visiting the gravesite of my dear cousin shortly after his interment.

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Created by: Ray Downing
Added: Apr 2, 2002
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6315900/john_frederick-downing: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT John Frederick Downing (27 May 1950–16 Apr 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6315900, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Ray Downing (contributor 46523418).

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