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JIMMIE LEE JEFFERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – July 24, 1968
Service recordJimmie Lee Jefferson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 1
- CARL FREDERICK HODGES JRCorporal · July 24, 1968
- MARVIN PETER HUBBARDSpecialist Four · July 24, 1968
- HOWARD LEE KLENSKECorporal · July 24, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.