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JOHN LARRY JEFFERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – July 25, 1967
Service recordJohn Larry Jeffers, of Camden, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Camden, South Carolina (Kershaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 119
- JERRY DALE GOOCHSpecialist Four · July 25, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- BRUCE EDWARD LARGEPrivate First Class · July 25, 1967
- HERBERT LAMAR LUNSFORDColonel · July 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DALE GOOCHSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 119
From Camden
- DANIEL WILLIAMS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JERRY WHITAKERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · May 6, 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.