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EVERETT RALPH JORENS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – November 15, 1969
Service recordEverett Ralph Jorens JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 80
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 80
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 1969
- FOREST CLAYTON HODGKINSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS KASTNERPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL ROSASpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.