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JACKY EUGENE LANDERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – August 15, 1969
Service recordJacky Eugene Landers, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 45
- VINCENT LLOYD SHEPERSKYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSONSergeant · August 15, 1969
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE LEWISCorporal · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICKY WAYNE CHURCHCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 44
- RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 45
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 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.