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JESSIE LEE CRUMP
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1946 – October 28, 1966
Service recordJessie Lee Crump, of Bonnieville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 121
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Bonnieville, Kentucky (Hart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 121
- ALLEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- SIDNEY LEE BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WALTER JACKSON CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- AARON DAVIS COWANSpecialist Four · October 28, 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.