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JIMMY DALE HATFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 22, 1947 – September 26, 1967
Service recordJimmy Dale Hatfield, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 15
- STEPHEN JONATHAN GEISTStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1967
- DEAN LEE GRETENCORDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JEROME CECIL HADLEYPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOHNNY VANCE HAYESStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE WHITESergeant · Panel 27E, Line 18
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 1968
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.