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JACKIE DEAN BIRD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – August 22, 1969
Service recordJackie Dean Bird JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 91
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 91
- MICHAEL TERRY BOATSpecialist Five · August 22, 1969
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · August 22, 1969
- ALBERT JOSEPH CARRIER IIISpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- CURTIS PAUL CHALLBERGFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT JOSEPH CARRIER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 91
- ROY KEITH PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 97
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.