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JEREMIAH JOSEPH SULLIVAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1946 – October 23, 1967
Service recordJeremiah Joseph Sullivan, of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 55
- DANIEL BRUCE HERRELLCorporal · October 23, 1967
- LEROY HOPKINS JRCorporal · October 23, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE LAVALLEELance Corporal · October 23, 1967
- RAYMOND T MASHBURNSergeant · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 54
- CHARLES A RIEGER IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 57
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 58
From Ardmore
- PAUL THEODORE SHORT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
- JAMES SCOTT GRAHAMLieutenant Commander · May 4, 1967
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.