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HARRY DANIEL JOJOLA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1948 – April 7, 1970
Service recordHarry Daniel Jojola, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 103
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 103
- ROBERT MERLIN ROBERTSONSergeant · January 27, 1970
- DALE ARTHUR ERDMANSergeant · April 7, 1970
- PAUL JOSEPH FRINKSergeant · April 7, 1970
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1970
- WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMANPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE ARTHUR ERDMANSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 103
- MICHAEL PAULSENSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 104
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.