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STEVEN ANDREW JARRETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordSteven Andrew Jarrett, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Reconnaissance And Survey Officer (1183)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 5
- JOSEPH HENRY INGRUMPetty Officer Second Class · May 12, 1968
- JOE JOHN JANAKPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE WILLIAM CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- FILIBERTO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ROBERT BRUCE COHENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE COX JRCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 3
- JOE JOHN JANAKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- JERRY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK HARLAN KAMRATHPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK ALLEN MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 9
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 11
- WILLIAM FRANCIS ROGERSCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 12
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.