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JIMMY LOCKLEAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1949 – September 4, 1968
Service recordJimmy Locklear, of Maxton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Maxton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 38
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HARVEY LUCASSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- GERALD DEVER POCHELPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
From Maxton
- SYLVESTER E CONLEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD HERRINGLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RHONNIE LEE CLARKSergeant · November 17, 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.