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MICHAEL DONALD JARRETT
Seaman · U.S. Navy
May 3, 1945 – November 16, 1968
Service recordMichael Donald Jarrett, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- May 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 74
- EDDIE WAYNE BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1968
- ERNEST CRAIG HOMERSergeant · November 16, 1968
- MARIAN JAMILSKIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- CARL FREDERICK KARSTColonel · November 16, 1968
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
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.