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JESSE JAMES BOLTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1946 – February 25, 1966
Service recordJesse James Bolton, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 76
- ODELL ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- ALBERT RONALD WHITEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN VINCENT BRODNIKSpecialist Four · February 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN VINCENT BRODNIKSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 76
- CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEEPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 77
- GEORGE WALLY WOODALLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.