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JULIUS PATRICK JAEGER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 4, 1940 – April 6, 1970
Service recordJulius Patrick Jaeger, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 6, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 101
- THERON CARL FEHRENBACH IIFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1970
- CARL BRADFORD GOODSONSpecialist Four · April 6, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE KLINGNERCaptain · April 6, 1970
- STEVE LEE STEWARDSergeant · April 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GORDON MANSON GAYLORDTechnical Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 100
- THERON CARL FEHRENBACH IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 101
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.