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DAROLD JETERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 4, 1943 – December 18, 1970
Service recordDarold Jeters, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 131
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- August 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 131
- ROY LEE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- FLOYD DEAN SOLOMONCaptain · December 18, 1970
- JOSEPH W BLICKENSTAFF JRSpecialist Five · December 19, 1970
- RICHARD HOWARD BUZZELLLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.