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JULES T GIRTANNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1935 – August 26, 1966
Service recordJules T Girtanner, of Neshanic, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Neshanic, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 46
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE EDDYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE LEHEWSergeant First Class · Panel 10E, Line 48
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.