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JAMES DALE JARRETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – April 19, 1970
Service recordJames Dale Jarrett, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 24
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 24
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- DEAN LEE FREYStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- BILLY WAYNE GLASSLance Corporal · April 19, 1970
- LAWRENCE LOUIS HENSEY JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JEFFREY JOEL JOSEPHStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DEAN LEE FREYStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 24
- JEFFREY JOEL JOSEPHStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 24
- GLENN THOMAS RIDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 25
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.