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JAIME RESTREPO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1934 – November 4, 1970
Service recordJaime Restrepo, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1934
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 39
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES HUNTPetty Officer Third Class · November 4, 1970
- LEONARD ALLAN LANZARINSpecialist Four · November 4, 1970
- JOSEPH MARTINEZ SOTOSergeant · November 4, 1970
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.