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JARMO ANTERO KARI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1944 – February 9, 1966
Service recordJarmo Antero Kari, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 9, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · February 9, 1966
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · February 9, 1966
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- KENNETH MILES EDWARDSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
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.