Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Army Aircrew Badge, Parachutist Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 24-Apr-1950
Hometown: Middlefield, Connecticut
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 18-Jan-1968
Start of tour: 3-Dec-1969
Incident date: 25-Aug-1970
Date of casualty: 25-Aug-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
John Daniel Malcolm was killed while on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / On reconnaissance mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Robert Edmund Koonce
SGT John Daniel Malcolm
SP4 Jerrold Louis Vesey
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 933 310
Place of interment: Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield, Connecticut, USA
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