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JESSE CARL CREEKMORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1945 – February 3, 1970
Service recordJesse Carl Creekmore, of Alamo, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 97
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Alamo, Tennessee (Crockett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 97
- DWIGHT SAMUEL DOUGLASSpecialist Four · February 3, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN HAINESSpecialist Four · February 3, 1970
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HAINS JRLance Corporal · February 3, 1970
- ADOCK VEISO JOHNSONPrivate · February 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 98
- LARRY EDWARD NEWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 98
- CHARLES HENRY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 99
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.