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JEAN PIERRE HUMBERT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1939 – April 11, 1971
Service recordJean Pierre Humbert, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 118
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 118
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- MERLE DEWAYNE BROWNCaptain · April 11, 1971
- WILLIAM CARL BUERKMajor · April 11, 1971
- THADDEUS DENNISSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 117
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 119
- EDWARD PERCY PILKINGTONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOSEPH A SCHOOLMEESTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOE REYES SILVACorporal · Panel 4W, Line 120
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.