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WENDALL JOSEPH JARRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1948 – July 6, 1970
Service recordWendall Joseph Jarrell, of Munith, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 124
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Munith, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 124
- LANNY HOWARD BUROFFPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1970
- ROBERT G CHOQUETTE JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1970
- PHILIP JOSEPH ORGERONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1970
- SANDY HILLY PORTERStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1970
From Munith
- J C LESLIE SHORTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- ROGER EDSON WOOSTERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- ANDREW JOSEPH DUSZYNSKICorporal · February 22, 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.