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WILLIAM HOWARD JETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1946 – October 20, 1967
Service recordWilliam Howard Jett, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 43
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 43
- JOSEPH DAUNISStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- BOBBY RONALD GRIFFINSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
- STANLEY DONALD GUBBELSSergeant · October 20, 1967
- PAUL E LATOURETTESergeant · October 20, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.