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RICHARD MARK JARVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordRichard Mark Jarvis, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 43
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 43
- RONALD MATHIAS HEINECKESpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- WILLIE LEE HENRYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY KEHOEPrivate · August 18, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS KELLYLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY DAVID HAMMPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 42
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.