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JIMMY LEE HAIRSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – July 24, 1968
Service recordJimmy Lee Hairston, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 49
- RUSSELL MARTIN ERICKSONCorporal · July 24, 1968
- DAVID SCOTT GREILINGCommander · July 24, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
- RICHARD SCOTT HAYMESCorporal · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE LEWIS BIGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 47
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 48
- MARVIN PETER HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 1
- HOWARD LEE KLENSKECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 1
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 2
- LARRY MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 2
- JOHN VICTOR SARTORPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 3
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
- JOHN RAY WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 4
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.