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JACK WAYNE HESS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 12, 1946 – April 12, 1968
Service recordJack Wayne Hess, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 32
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALDChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 12, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- DARREL BRUCE HELMKEPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ALAN JOSEPH HETTICHCorporal · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JOE BOAZPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 29
- CARL LEONARD CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 29
- BYRON NORRIS JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 33
- MICHAEL WESLEY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 34
- JONES EUGENE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 37
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.