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JACK LEE WOLFE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – June 27, 1970
Service recordJack Lee Wolfe, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 100
- JAMES ALLEN WIMMERSergeant · June 27, 1970
- TERRELL ROBERT GALBREATHStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR MCGINNSergeant · June 28, 1970
- JOHN PAUL SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LANCE HIENSMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 98
- CHARLES DANIEL PEDIGOSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 99
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.