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JESSIE JAMES GARTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – March 23, 1971
Service recordJessie James Garth, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 70
- PAUL JOHN FOTIChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 23, 1971
- JOHN DIETRICH HEINZSergeant · March 23, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BOSILJEVACMajor · September 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEROY SCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 71
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.