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JIMMY DALE HESSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – January 21, 1967
Service recordJimmy Dale Hesson, of Lafayette, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Tennessee (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 63
- GEORGE BRYANT GIVENS JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1966
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- GEORGE LOWMajor · January 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FUIFUITAUA AMISONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 7
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 62
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 63
- MANUEL VAILLIDO TREVINOCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 65
- JOHN LESTER WILHELMSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 65
- CHARLES MICHAEL YATESPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 65
From Lafayette
- CHARLES LEE SMALLINGPrivate First Class · April 30, 1970
- HALQUA DALE CLIBURNStaff Sergeant · June 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.