The Wall › Panel 23W › New York › Jay Allen Kaufman
JAY ALLEN KAUFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1942 – June 8, 1969
Service recordJay Allen Kaufman, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 111
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 111
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- CARL JOHN KEAHEY IIISecond Lieutenant · June 8, 1969
- KEO JOE KESHNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS LANDICorporal · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 114
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.