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JAY JOHN FISHBECK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 22, 1949 – March 26, 1971
Service recordJay John Fishbeck, of Coral Gables, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 79
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Coral Gables, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 79
- GEORGE THOMPSON JRSergeant · March 25, 1971
- DENNIS LAVERN WASZKIEWICZStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
- JACOB BENEDICT BABIN JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
- ROBERT DANIEL COFFEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOEL RICHARD HANKINSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 80
From Coral Gables
- GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1964
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- MANUEL E MESA JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE IIICorporal · January 29, 1968
- HAROLD S HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ARTHUR ROGER DUKES JRSergeant · July 17, 1968
- JOHN HARLAN SWEETFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · September 25, 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.