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JOHN JASSO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1950 – August 25, 1970
Service recordJohn Jasso, of Rudolph, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 4
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Rudolph, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 4
- RALPH MARTIN JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- CARL EDWARD DUNNCorporal · August 25, 1970
- BARRY WILLIAM GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK HEARSCH JRCorporal · August 25, 1970
- GARY EDWARD JENSENSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
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.