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JAMES EDWARD JARANSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – July 19, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Jaranson, of Fox Lake, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Fox Lake, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 91
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN GUILLORYCorporal · July 19, 1967
- HERBERT PERRY HUNTERCommander · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM BRAXTON JACKSONPetty Officer Second Class · July 19, 1967
From Fox Lake
- ARTHUR BARNETT EUSTACE JRSergeant · June 26, 1965
- MARTIN PHILLIP EASTHAMPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
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.