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JOLLY J DAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1949 – December 2, 1969
Service recordJolly J Day, of Hollis, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Hollis, Oklahoma (Harmon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 17
- WILLIAM CHARLES DUNLAPChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1969
- DONALD LEONARD GREIGERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES GUIREPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- CHARLES CROCKETT HOWZEPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.