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JACKIE EUGENE HUFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – October 8, 1965
Service recordJackie Eugene Huff, of Peoria, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 112
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Peoria, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 112
- RONALD MICHAEL DISTEFANOSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- RONALD WALTER GULLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- LEON G HOLTONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1965
- RICHARD E LYNCHPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 113
From Peoria
- ROBERTO MANDOZA RAMIREZCorporal · August 12, 1967
- PERFECTO NUNEZ LOPEZLance Corporal · February 13, 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.