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JIMMY HORACE GUINN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – April 3, 1967
Service recordJimmy Horace Guinn, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 95
- CORNELIUS J B CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- JOHN ROY CHAPMANLieutenant · April 3, 1967
- MICHAEL FERZACCAPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CLARENCE FREDDIE GIPSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 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.