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ANTON JAMES JECMEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1943 – June 23, 1969
Service recordAnton James Jecmen JR, of Brookfield, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 120
- GARY EDWARD BRUNNERCaptain · June 23, 1969
- THEODORE MAGNUS HATLECorporal · June 23, 1969
- TERRY AUGUST HOUSEHOLTERLance Corporal · June 23, 1969
- LORENZO RAYNARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARZEL RAY LEESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 122
- WAYNE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 2
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Brookfield
- CHARLES EDWARD DENNYPetty Officer Second Class · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH DAVIDENKOConstructionman · November 10, 1969
- WAYNE STEVE ZACHSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
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.