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JACKIE CLYDE DEHART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1945 – August 29, 1969
Service recordJackie Clyde Dehart, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aerial Sensor Specialist (17L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 6
- KEITH ALLEN DEVRIESSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- RALPH DONALD GODFROYSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- ALBERT STEPHEN GRAFFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM T CHAFFIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 5
- RALPH DONALD GODFROYSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 6
- GARY WAYNE WITHERSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 9
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.