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JACK ELSWORTH LOCKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1946 – January 27, 1966
Service recordJack Elsworth Locke, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 100
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 100
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- HUGHLEN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- JAMES E NUNLEYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
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.