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JACK PERRY BEGLEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1950 – April 11, 1971
Service recordJack Perry Begley JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 118
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 118
- MERLE DEWAYNE BROWNCaptain · April 11, 1971
- WILLIAM CARL BUERKMajor · April 11, 1971
- THADDEUS DENNISSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 117
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 119
- EDWARD PERCY PILKINGTONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOSEPH A SCHOOLMEESTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOE REYES SILVACorporal · Panel 4W, Line 120
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.