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JACK EDWARD SEARING
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 22, 1949 – October 17, 1971
Service recordJack Edward Searing, of Sterling, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 40
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Sterling, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 40
- JOHN COOK HAYESPrivate First Class · October 16, 1971
- LARRY FLOYD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 16, 1971
- HARRY OWEN BOWLESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1971
- BARRY ALAN BOWMANCaptain · October 17, 1971
- ALLEN GORDON SCURLOCKFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BARRY ALAN BOWMANCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 40
- ALVIS T BARRINGTON JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 41
- BARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 41
- WALLACE JOSEPH DEPREOSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 41
- ROBERT MITCHELL WEBB JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 42
From Sterling
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- GARY ALLEN LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES KELLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 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.