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JAMES JENNINGS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – September 29, 1969
Service recordJames Jennings JR, of Independence, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 18
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Independence, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 18
- TIMMY VALADEZPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT CURRANMajor · September 29, 1969
- ELTON DAVIS JRLance Corporal · September 29, 1969
- JIMMY KUHLENHOELTERSpecialist Four · September 29, 1969
From Independence
- EUGENE SELDERSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1970
- ELTON WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
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.