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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Bobby Ray Jermyn.

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BOBBY RAY JERMYN

Captain · U.S. Army

December 1, 1940 – May 23, 1967

Service record

Bobby Ray Jermyn, of Handsboro, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20E · Line 90

Position of Panel 20E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
Unit (as recorded)
220 AVN CO 14 AVN BN 16 AVN GRP
Born
December 1, 1940
Home of record
Handsboro, Mississippi (Harrison County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 23, 1967
Age
26
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 20E, Line 90

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.