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JIMMY DEVER BACCUS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1946 – July 28, 1966
Service recordJimmy Dever Baccus, of Lawndale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 83
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
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Lawndale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 83
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MCREEStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1966
From Lawndale
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- WILLIAM A THORNTON JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- JERRY DOYLE ATKINSONCorporal · March 30, 1968
- BOBBY JOE GRAVELSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- BRUCE STUART LINDSAYLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- BYRON LEE NOTT JRSecond Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · March 1, 1969
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.