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JESSIE RAY LINDLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – December 23, 1970
Service recordJessie Ray Lindler, of Lockesburg, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 2
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Lockesburg, Arkansas (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 2
- RAYMOND DONALD KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1970
- ERVIN JEROME MURRELLPrivate · December 23, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAWPrivate · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM NELSON BULTHUISSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 1
- ERVIN JEROME MURRELLPrivate · Panel 5W, Line 2
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCOBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 3
From Lockesburg
- BILLY CESAR MCFALLSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- ROBERT BUCK PURTELLSergeant · August 19, 1968
- HAROLD CLAYTON HUNTER IISergeant · August 30, 1971
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.