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JACK DEMPSEY DEESE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1930 – May 26, 1968
Service recordJack Dempsey Deese, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Ta4/A4/F8/F4/Rf4 (6243)
- Born
- June 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 5
- JESSIE JAMES DANNERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE DURBINPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1968
- LESTER ERBYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- NATHANIEL HALIBURTON JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.