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JACK PETER DELANGE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – March 5, 1969
Service recordJack Peter Delange, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 42
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Elkhorn, Wisconsin (Walworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 42
- GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWNSergeant First Class · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN CLAUSEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- JIMMIE DEE COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE DEE COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 30W, Line 42
- HAROLD SAMUEL GLADNEYPrivate · Panel 30W, Line 44
From Elkhorn
- MICHAEL HOWARD STOFLETPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ALLEN L VANKEURENStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM DUNBAR JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1969
- DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLINSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
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.