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JESSE UPTIGROVE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1948 – July 8, 1969
Service recordJesse Uptigrove, of Bastrop, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 86
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Bastrop, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 86
- ROY LEE SINGLETARYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD SISLEYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- JAMES ELMO SIZEMOREMajor · July 8, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN TODDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
From Bastrop
- HAROLD WAYNE LOWTHERSpecialist Five · April 5, 1966
- LEO PORTERSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON HENDERSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- JERRY LEE NATIONSSecond Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- JERRY RANKIN HALEYFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- ROY LEE NATIONSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- LOUIS EARL FENCEROYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- DONNIE LUSTER KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
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.