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JESSIE CHARLES ALBA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJessie Charles Alba, of Port Lavaca, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 70E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 70E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Lavaca, Texas (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; five 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 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 70E, Line 1
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- FLOYD LEE WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 24, 1968
- ROGER DALE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
From Port Lavaca
- RICHARD KNAPPLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- JIMMY MICHAEL TROLLINGERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT MASEDAPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
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.