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JAMES ROBERT JESKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1944 – February 14, 1971
Service recordJames Robert Jeske, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1971, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 103
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 103
- DOUGLAS LEE HORNSpecialist Four · February 14, 1971
- PERRY METZLERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1971
- ANDREW JACKSON NEWCOMBECorporal · February 14, 1971
- RONALD CALVIN RUFFPrivate First Class · February 14, 1971
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.