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JACK RAY DANCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1945 – January 18, 1969
Service recordJack Ray Dance, of Greensburg, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 32
- HAROLD MICHAEL DAVIS JRCorporal · January 18, 1969
- EUGENE LEWIS DOTSONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- HARVEY JAMES DOUGLASPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES FREDRICK EISMANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
From Greensburg
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1971
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.