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JACK LANDEN HIMES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1946 – February 26, 1966
Service recordJack Landen Himes, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 80
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- DANIEL RAYMOND JAMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- RONALD C CAVINEEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 79
- IRVIN CLARKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 79
- CHARLIES E DANIELSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 80
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 81
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 82
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · March 16, 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.