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DAVID ALLEN JAMESON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – January 20, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Jameson, of Providence, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 87
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Providence, Kentucky (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 87
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HENDERSONSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- TILDEN STEWART HOLLEYLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1968
- GERALD N HUNTERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
From Providence
- ROBERT LEWIS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ERVIN L BURNSFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 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.