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JAN DWAIN JAMISON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 20, 1940 – September 1, 1968
Service recordJan Dwain Jamison, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 1, 1968, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Av Boatswain's Mate (Acft Handling) (ABH)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 20
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- JAMES WALTER LAHTIFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 1968
- JAMES MINICK MOOREStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.