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JAY ALLAN MUNCEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1949 – August 28, 1970
Service recordJay Allan Muncey, of Battle Mountain, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Battle Mountain, Nevada (Lander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 19
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- ERIC PAUL MISTRETTASpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- SAMUAL KAYE RANKINSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- NICK ENRIQUE SANCHEZSergeant · August 28, 1970
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.