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JACKIE LEE TATE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – April 8, 1969
Service recordJackie Lee Tate, of Branson, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 42
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Branson, Missouri (Taney County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 42
- VINCENT ANDREW TAYLORSergeant · April 8, 1969
- JAMES MELVIN TRUELOVECorporal · April 8, 1969
- CARL REGINALD VANNPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD WALLACECorporal · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ANTHONY GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 38
- EDWARD MICHAEL KACHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 38
- KEITH NORMAN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 39
- CHARLES C DICKERSON JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 40
From Branson
- DONALD LEE SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1966
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.