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JESSE HAROLD ARCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1947 – March 10, 1969
Service recordJesse Harold Archer, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 98
- EDWARD JAMES MILLISON IIISpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOSEPH WALTER WYSONGSergeant · March 9, 1969
- FIDEL JOE AGUIRRESergeant · March 10, 1969
- JACK BERNSTEINPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LUTHER CAMERONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 99
- LEON COITSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 100
- ARTHUR GEORGE-PIZARROSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 101
- JOHN EDWARD LORTZ IIICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 102
- JULIUS AUGUSTA MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 1
- WILLIAM JOHN STEDLSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 3
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
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.