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JESSE JAMES ARMWOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1942 – May 27, 1968
Service recordJesse James Armwood, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 3
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 3
- JERRY LEONARD WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- EDDIE HUGH ALLENPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ROLLIN RANDOLPH AUSTINCorporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 8
- THOMAS HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 10
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 13
- FRANKLIN DANNY PETE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- CARL HOWARD SEXTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- JERRY WAYNE VANDEVENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 3
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
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.