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JIMMY ALAN WHITSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1951 – January 4, 1970
Service recordJimmy Alan Whitson, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 127
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 27, 1951
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 127
- JAMES ROBERT WHITMOREWarrant Officer 1 · January 4, 1970
- RICHARD C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- WALDO ALVA WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1970
- BILLIE MICHAEL BEDSWORTHPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.