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JEAN WAYNE PUCKETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – December 27, 1968
Service recordJean Wayne Puckett, of Piedmont, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Piedmont, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 82
- ORLANDO MEDINAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- KENT DEWAYNE PIERCESergeant · December 27, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN STANKEVICHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD UECKERSpecialist Four · December 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 80
- THOMAS LAMAR LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 81
- R W GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 83
- GERALD WOODSCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 83
From Piedmont
- MARVIN KENNY PENLANDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JACK RAY LOCKRIDGESergeant · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH HILLMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE LEDBETTERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- VERNON GLEN HOLBROOKSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- LEAGRANT BADGETTStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
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.