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JACK LEE RIGHTMYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1948 – February 16, 1969
Service recordJack Lee Rightmyer, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 46
- JOHN SCOTT PINNEYSergeant · February 16, 1969
- NELSON RAMIREZSeaman · February 16, 1969
- DENNIS LEROY RILEYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- ROBERT DAVID ROGERSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 43
- GERALD QUINN HANCOCKSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 43
- HUGH RUFUS MCKINNEYCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 45
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 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.