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JESSE ELLISON SCAVELLA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1944 – March 10, 1968
Service recordJesse Ellison Scavella JR, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 11
- ROBERT RERASergeant · March 10, 1968
- SCOTT CAMERON ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- STANLEY BRUCE SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 10, 1968
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 44E, Line 4
- SYLVESTER E CONLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 5
- MARSHALL DAYLE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 10
- ROBERT RERASergeant · Panel 44E, Line 11
- STEPHEN MICHAEL WORLEYCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 13
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.