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JESSE ANDREW PYLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 9, 1929 – February 7, 1965
Service recordJesse Andrew Pyle, of Springfield, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 86
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Executive Administrative Assistant (71C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 9, 1929
- Home of record
- Springfield, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 86
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- JOHN GRADY WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1965
- EMMETT JOSEPH BRYANTStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
From Springfield
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RONALD HAROLD JOHNSONSeaman · April 28, 1967
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1969
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
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.