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JON TASCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1950 – August 12, 1969
Service recordJon Tasch, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 26
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 13, 1950
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 26
- WILLIAM MICHAEL TREADWAYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- CLINTON JAMES WEAVERCorporal · August 12, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER C WEBSTERSergeant · August 12, 1969
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY BRABOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 9
- MELVIN GREENSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 14
- RONALD GENE QUINNSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 20
- ADVERT WOODS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 27
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.