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JASPER ELLISON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1949 – June 14, 1968
Service recordJasper Ellison JR, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 19
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 19
- STUART OTIS KIEFERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- GERALD EDWARD KORSONLance Corporal · June 14, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM LINKPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- HAROLD SPENCER LOCKWOODPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.