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JOHN MICHAEL JENNINGS
Colonel · U.S. Army
January 27, 1927 – January 17, 1970
Service recordJohn Michael Jennings, of Utica, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Fa Unit Commander (51193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB CORP ARTY
- Born
- January 27, 1927
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1970
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 40
- CHARLES JACK GIRARDBrigadier General · January 17, 1970
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 1970
- JAMES EARL LAKINSSergeant · January 17, 1970
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- DAVID ARTHUR SWEETPrivate First Class · January 17, 1970
From Utica
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 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.