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JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – April 30, 1968
Service recordJack Allen Whetsel JR, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 25
- ROBERT ALFRED VINTON JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1968
- ALLAN CURT WARDCorporal · April 30, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
- JAMES E WHITESpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 9
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · Panel 53E, Line 11
- JOHN PALMORE HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 15
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 16
- RONALD EUGENE PARRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 20
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 20
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · Panel 53E, Line 25
- JAMES E WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 25
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
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.