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THEODORE JAY WHITLOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1948 – August 1, 1968
Service recordTheodore Jay Whitlock, of North Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- North Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 46
- WILLIAM FOSTER HOOK JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- ALLAN GREGORY SWAIMSergeant · August 1, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES THOMPSONColonel · August 1, 1968
- MATTHEW WOODSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1968
From North Las Vegas
- CHARLES JAMES WALLACEStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT GETZChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 31, 1969
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.