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JACK GALE KRIDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 27, 1947 – February 23, 1968
Service recordJack Gale Krider, of Carbon, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Carbon, Indiana (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 76
- VICTOR GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- DELBERT LOUIS LEASURECorporal · February 23, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD LEHRPrivate · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 72
- GOLA CALVIN BETLEYOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 72
- JERRY DEWAIN EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 73
- RANDY COIS MOORECorporal · Panel 40E, Line 77
- ALFRED EDGAR PLAEP JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 1
- TINEY W WINTERSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 5
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.