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RONALD GENE JETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – July 20, 1969
Service recordRonald Gene Jett, of Champlin, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Champlin, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 25
- RONNIE GENE GREENECorporal · July 20, 1969
- ALEX EZEQUIEL MARTINEZPrivate · July 20, 1969
- DANIEL EDWARD MCGRATHPetty Officer Second Class · July 20, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM MCGRATHCorporal · July 20, 1969
From Champlin
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WILBERLance Corporal · May 16, 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.