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JAMES IVAN JAQUISH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1949 – September 25, 1969
Service recordJames Ivan Jaquish, of Traverse City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Traverse City, Michigan (Grand Traverse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 7
- CHARLES HENRY GOLDMEYERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- DAVID PAUL HENRYStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1969
- DAVID ROLLAND JACKSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM LUPUSergeant · September 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL HENRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 7
From Traverse City
- THOMAS NEIL YAGLELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WARREN W COBLEYSergeant First Class · July 8, 1966
- RICHARD LEE OTTELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- MELVIN UDELSON WANGESHIKSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS MEREDITH MCNABBSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARRINGTONPrivate · June 4, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK MCQUEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · February 4, 1970
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY DEFERMajor · October 18, 1971
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.