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TED RAY JAMISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1949 – September 19, 1968
Service recordTed Ray Jamison, of Portsmouth, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 38
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 38
- DAVID CURTIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL KELLEYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- MARK ALAN KNOLLMEYERLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- JOHN LEWIS KROLLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH VISSERSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 34
- STEVE JULIUS DOCKERYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 35
- DAVID CURTIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 38
- VERNON LEON HEADRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 41
- WILLIAM RICHARD TURNER JRSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 44
- MICHAEL KAYE WONDERLICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 44
From Portsmouth
- GLEN THOMAS HOBBSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- GARY NOLAN SHYFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1968
- STEPHEN EARL CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS DEBOSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL HOWERTONCorporal · February 23, 1969
- TIMOTHY PAUL BAUERCorporal · February 26, 1969
- CLYDE SAMPSON EVANSSpecialist Five · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES RONALD EGGERSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.