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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Felix Jacques.

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FELIX JACQUES

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 15, 1948 – April 22, 1969

Service record

Felix Jacques, of Fresno, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26W · Line 25

Position of Panel 26W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Pioneer (12A)
Unit (as recorded)
D CO 19 ENG BN
Born
February 15, 1948
Home of record
Fresno, California (Fresno County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 22, 1969
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 26W, Line 25

From Fresno

All 67 names from Fresno →

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.