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SAMUEL RICHARD JESSEE
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
January 29, 1922 – October 4, 1969
Service recordSamuel Richard Jessee, of Newhall, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1922
- Home of record
- Newhall, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 47
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 37
- JAMES ALBERT BIEHLPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- GREGORY L LAFLEURSergeant · October 4, 1969
- RALPH E LOUNDERMONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- JOSEPH EARL MUENCHCorporal · October 4, 1969
From Newhall
- FRANK ARVIS BEAVERSSpecialist Five · February 14, 1968
- JAY WILLIAM KINGSergeant First Class · April 1, 1970
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.