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ALEKI JEREMIA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1935 – February 20, 1968
Service recordAleki Jeremia, of Pearl City, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Pearl City, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 41
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- DANIEL HOLCOMBStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
From Pearl City
- RODNEY SIU KIAHAStaff Sergeant · November 6, 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.