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DANNY THOMAS JETT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 11, 1941 – November 11, 1971
Service recordDanny Thomas Jett, of Sadieville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Sadieville, Kentucky (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 66
- PAULINO FRANC JIMENEZ-ROIGPrivate First Class · November 11, 1971
- WILLIAM ELVIN SUMMERSFirst Sergeant · November 11, 1971
- ROGER DALE DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1971
- ERIC GARY HEROLDCaptain · November 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAULINO FRANC JIMENEZ-ROIGPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 66
From Sadieville
- DAVID MORGAN WALTERSCorporal · June 25, 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.