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JACK EDWIN TELLING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordJack Edwin Telling, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 111
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- FREDRICK LAMAR THROWERTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- LAWRENCE DANIEL TORREZLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- RICKEY LEE CHRANLance Corporal · April 27, 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.