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JESS H VANWINKLE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1950 – September 7, 1969
Service recordJess H Vanwinkle JR, of Junction City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Junction City, Kansas (Geary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 57
- PETER JOHN TROYSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1969
- FRANK WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
- JESSE JAMES ARTHUR IIIPrivate First Class · September 8, 1969
- GARY THOMAS BENJAMINCorporal · September 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 53
- JOHN LEWIS ERFORD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 53
- PAUL FREDERICK FOULKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 54
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
From Junction City
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- GERALD BRUCE EVANSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1966
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
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.