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BERNARD JAFFE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1924 – September 15, 1965
Service recordBernard Jaffe, of Lockney, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 83
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 21, 1924
- Home of record
- Lockney, Texas (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1965
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 83
- ROBERT ORME FRANKLINSpecialist Five · September 14, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS KEARNSLieutenant Commander · September 14, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- NEIL BROOKS TAYLORLieutenant (junior grade) · September 14, 1965
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
From Lockney
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGHEEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES HARTMANCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.