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JACK MORSE WOLF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – March 28, 1968
Service recordJack Morse Wolf, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 59
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 59
- VINCENT BENOR SANTANIELLOLance Corporal · March 28, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHLICKSpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
- ROBERT SCOTT SHELTONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALFRED HEWETTCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 55
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 60
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.