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JACK MCCOMBS SECREST JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1943 – February 8, 1967
Service recordJack McCombs Secrest JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1943
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 10
- JOSEPH STEVEN MEISBURGERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- FREDERIC WILLIAM MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN WRIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD THOMAS FETTKETHERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 8
- CARL FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 9
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.