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JACK WAYNE OAKES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – June 17, 1968
Service recordJack Wayne Oakes, of Kennerdell, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 12
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Kennerdell, Pennsylvania (Venango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 12
- TYRONE EDWARD CARNEYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- DONALD SHUICHI FUJIMOTOSergeant · June 17, 1968
- DAVID MCLEAN HOLLINGWORTHSergeant · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE HUGHESSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
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.