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JACK WILLIAM MESSER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – March 12, 1970
Service recordJack William Messer, of Inman, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 119
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Inman, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 119
- WILLIAM T MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1970
- GARY DOUGLAS MCNICOLSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- WILLIAM CURTIS MOORHOUSESpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- TERRY LEE MOSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DUDLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 116
- ANTHONY MARTIN M BLASSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 117
- DANIEL NEIL HEATERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 117
- GERALD DELMAR SHANORCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 120
From Inman
- VERNON GILBERT HOLLIFIELDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDWIN RAY EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- OSIER LAWRENCE PRUITTSpecialist Four · May 21, 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.