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JESSIE ARREDONDO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1948 – April 10, 1969
Service recordJessie Arredondo, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 47
- RAYMOND MICHAEL WINFREYSpecialist Five · April 9, 1969
- WILLIAM F BAGGS JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BOONELance Corporal · April 10, 1969
- STEPHEN J BORYSZEWSKILance Corporal · April 10, 1969
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 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.