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RUSSELL WILLIAM JARICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRussell William Jarick, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 24
- GEORGE ERVIN GUYETTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN HUFFMANPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- JOHN WILBUR GRUTSCH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- TERRENCE ARTHUR KANDLERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 25
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 1
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.