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JAY CHARLES SACKS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1948 – August 14, 1969
Service recordJay Charles Sacks, of Naperville, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 14, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Naperville, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 41
- EARL WAYNE MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE PENNINGTONCaptain · August 14, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH PICHAUFFESpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- DANIEL THOMAS ROYSergeant · August 14, 1969
From Naperville
- CHRISTOPHER WAYNE BEAVERSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD DUNNLieutenant Commander · January 26, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL NOWAKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1969
- DEAN WARD MOEHRINGSergeant · March 3, 1969
- DONALD JOHN PORTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH GUTOWSKICaptain · August 5, 1969
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.