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JESSE JAMES ONISHEA
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 7, 1949 – March 18, 1970
Service recordJesse James Onishea, of Pelican, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Pelican, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 18
- JOSEPH MONSONCorporal · March 18, 1970
- DONALD JAMES PIERCE JRCorporal · March 18, 1970
- HUGH JULIUS RONNEBERGCorporal · March 18, 1970
- DOUGLAS LYLE SHORTLEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HUGH JULIUS RONNEBERGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 18
- DOUGLAS LYLE SHORTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 18
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SWARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 19
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.