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JACKY RAY COUCH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 1, 1943 – January 12, 1968
Service recordJacky Ray Couch, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Steelworker (SW)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 9 3 NN BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1943
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES DERWIN COHRONSergeant First Class · January 12, 1968
- LEE ROGER DANIELSONSergeant · January 12, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM OSCA POFFENBARGERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.