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JAYSON FRED ULRICH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1948 – August 17, 1969
Service recordJayson Fred Ulrich, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 57
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 57
- DANIEL ROBERT TURNERSergeant · August 17, 1969
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · August 17, 1969
- DOUGLAS WILMER WILKIESpecialist Five · August 17, 1969
- SCOTT EDWARD WISECorporal · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS BOWMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 53
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 53
- PAUL ROBERT HOPKINSCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 54
- GEORGE LOUIS MINERCaptain · Panel 19W, Line 55
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.