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JEFFREY TYRONE CASSIDY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – March 10, 1969
Service recordJeffrey Tyrone Cassidy, of New Castle, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- New Castle, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 99
- JAMES LUTHER CAMERONStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1969
- FREDDIE PAUL CHAVEZLance Corporal · March 10, 1969
- CALVIN JEFFERY CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
From New Castle
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · May 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLLARDPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYSergeant · February 16, 1970
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- JOSEPH STANLEY TIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- GERALD FRANCIS AYRESMajor · June 18, 1972
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.