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JACK LEE NEIDRICK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1945 – March 17, 1966
Service recordJack Lee Neidrick, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 17
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumbing And Water Supply Specialist (1121)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPT CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “SPT CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 17
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- ALBERT KRISUNAS CHRISTYStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARLAND CLAUDE BOBBITTSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 18
- GORDON SHEPHERDLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 19
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1967
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.