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JERE LEE WHITAKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 4, 1950 – July 6, 1968
Service recordJere Lee Whitaker, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Missile Equipment Specialist (62C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 30
- EUGENE LEE RILEYCorporal · July 6, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSSergeant · July 6, 1968
- CRES PADILLA SALAZARPetty Officer Third Class · July 6, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 26
- DOUGLAS PAUL FRASERPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 26
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
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.