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JIMMIE VAN BOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1950 – May 21, 1969
Service recordJimmie Van Bock, of Vacaville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 63
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Vacaville, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 63
- GUADALUPE ESPARZA MONTOYASpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- DAVID HUNTER WILKERSONPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- L C CARTERSergeant · May 21, 1969
From Vacaville
- JACK ELROY GARDNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DENNIS STEVEN MICHAELPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT SCOTT SHELTONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- EDMOND JOHN LANDERSCaptain · May 15, 1968
- THURLE EUGENE CASE JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MONROE PARKERTechnical Sergeant · April 21, 1975
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.