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JIMMY LEE VAULTZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 3, 1949 – November 11, 1969
Service recordJimmy Lee Vaultz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 60
- DANIEL LEONARD SEEKFORDStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- ERNEST SERNASergeant · November 11, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN STEELEPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- ROGER LEE TALLMANSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.