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ERNEST CECIL JAMISON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – April 24, 1969
Service recordErnest Cecil Jamison, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 40
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 40
- CHARLES RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- JAMES ANDREW LEACHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN MARTINPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY MICHAEL HARRIGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 39
- JERRY MICHAEL SHRIVERMaster Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 41
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.