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JESSE CLARENCE FELDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1943 – June 29, 1966
Service recordJesse Clarence Felder, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 107
- JOHN JOSEPH BERTHELPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- RICKEY DON CASTLEMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- CARLOS WADE CONRADPrivate · June 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 106
- JOHN JOSEPH BERTHELPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- FRANK GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 108
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- ALBERT RAYMOND POTTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 109
- LESLIE R SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- FRANCIS GEORGE STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
- PAUL JOSEPH SURETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- EMERY GEORGE MIKULAFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
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.