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GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 17, 1949 – April 24, 1971
Service recordGabriel Augus Jeffries JR, of St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 8
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 8
- JAMES ALBERT CHAMPIONStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1971
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- EDWIN HEISSECaptain · April 24, 1971
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- LARRY CHRISTOPHER JORDANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN THOMAS BOEHMSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 6
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 8
- EDWIN HEISSECaptain · Panel 3W, Line 8
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 8
- LARRY CHRISTOPHER JORDANStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 8
- KEVIN ALONZO RINARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 9
- STEPHEN ALAN SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 11
From St Croix
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1966
- ANDREW ALPHONSO LANGCorporal · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1972
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.