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HARVEY LEON JAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1951 – March 25, 1970
Service recordHarvey Leon Jay, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 43
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
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 43
- MICHAEL EUGENE JUSTUSFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- ROGER ALAN LAKINFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- SANFORD GENE PACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- THOMAS PADILLASpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
From Panama City
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- DAVID ALFRED LANDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
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.