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JONATHAN R VARS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 28, 1943 – July 17, 1969
Service recordJonathan R Vars, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 12
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Cherry Hill, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 12
- LESLIE REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- DANIEL MORELAND SHEEHANSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- ROBERT JAY SLANAKERSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- WILBUR JOSEPH VACHON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 9
- RICHARD GREGORY PHILLIPSSpecialist Five · Panel 20W, Line 11
- DANIEL MORELAND SHEEHANSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 12
From Cherry Hill
- GEORGE RICHARD OBERMEIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- GLEN RAYMOND WILLIAMSSergeant · November 4, 1967
- BARRIE MYRON NEWTONLance Corporal · May 5, 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.