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DAVID CLAUD JASPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – November 19, 1968
Service recordDavid Claud Jasper, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 11
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 11
- ALBERT MARTINEZ FIGUEROASpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY GREENECorporal · November 19, 1968
- JOSEPH J HERNANDEZ JRSergeant · November 19, 1968
- PHILLIP ANDREW HILLPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY EUGENE DOROUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 10
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 1969
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.