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JIMMY OWEN CALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1949 – February 4, 1969
Service recordJimmy Owen Call, of Dresden, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Dresden, Tennessee (Weakley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 54
- STEVEN MICHAEL BRITTONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- JOSEPH HAROLD BRUBAKER JRCorporal · February 4, 1969
- LEE ERVIN BURNORSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- JAMES DALE CAMPStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1969
From Dresden
- HARRY GARRIGUSSpecialist Four · August 8, 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.