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JEFFREY DENNIS STRAFACE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 25, 1945 – January 13, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Dennis Straface, of Star City, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Star City, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 46
- JOHN MICHAEL SCULLYSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1968
- CHARLES STEVEN SICKLERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DAVID GLENN STEWARTLance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- LARRY DEAN WELLSPetty Officer Third Class · January 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD PORTER FERGUSONCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 41
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.