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JIMMIE LESTER TODD
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1930 – February 28, 1968
Service recordJimmie Lester Todd, of Herington, Kansas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · 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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1930
- Home of record
- Herington, Kansas (Dickinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 1
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JOHN ALFRED THOTLANDLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WALTER WILBER VAILTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EARL WESLEYStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR JAMES BROSSMANMaster Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 59
- MELVIN EUGENE CHLOUPEKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 60
- CLARENCE HENRY BURDETTSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 64
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- JOSEPH BION PHILIPSON JRCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 71
- WILLIAM PIERCE RAUBACHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 71
- JOHN ROBERT SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 73
From Herington
- GERARD FRANCIS OCONNORWarrant Officer 1 · April 26, 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.