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CHARLES EGBERT JAQUINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1950 – September 22, 1971
Service recordCharles Egbert Jaquins, of Housatonic, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Housatonic, Massachusetts (Berkshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 23
- FELIX MALONEMaster Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM TRUELOVEStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- CLIFFORD LESLI CLARKE IIISpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
- ROBERT FRANK HOJNACKIPrivate First Class · September 22, 1971
From Housatonic
- PAUL S KRZYNOWEKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 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.