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JEFF WHITEHEAD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1949 – March 16, 1969
Service recordJeff Whitehead, of Athens, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Athens, Georgia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 57
- RICHARD MICHAEL ROCCOCorporal · March 16, 1969
- MARLON WADE TROXELPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · March 16, 1969
From Athens
- LEROY IRELANDStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- JOE DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 1969
- LEROY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · April 18, 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.