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JIMMIE FARRELL SLIM
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1948 – July 4, 1970
Service recordJimmie Farrell Slim, of Cow Springs, Arizona, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 119
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Cow Springs, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 119
- CHARLES LEON MATHEWSLance Corporal · June 7, 1970
- KELLY RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM CLAYTON RAYSergeant · July 4, 1970
- BRUCE WARREN SHURTLEFFPrivate First Class · July 4, 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.