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JOSEPH DANIEL JARRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1947 – February 14, 1966
Service recordJoseph Daniel Jarrell, of Willow, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Willow, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “H CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 34
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 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.