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JORGE L FERNANDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1946 – June 8, 1966
Service recordJorge L Fernandez, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 21
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- DAVID BUTLER KISERSergeant First Class · June 8, 1966
- ANTON LEONARD MUHMSergeant · June 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEROY CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- DEWEY LINDON FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- AVERY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 20
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · Panel 8E, Line 21
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 22
- JOHN RUSSELL OAKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 23
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 24
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 24
- PHILLIP ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 24
- JOSEPH TORZOKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 24
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- RONALD SAPORITOPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 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.