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JACK WILSON CECIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1942 – February 1, 1966
Service recordJack Wilson Cecil, of National City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1942
- Home of record
- National City, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 128
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · February 1, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JERRY RAY RAMBERGERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 131
From National City
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CURTIS LAMAR DUCKPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE NASHSergeant · June 9, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 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.