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JAROLD A VEACH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1929 – July 2, 1966
Service recordJarold A Veach, of Loudonville, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 27, 1929
- Home of record
- Loudonville, Ohio (Ashland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 122
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1966
- FRED B BECKERMANN JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · July 3, 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.