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DAVID WAYNE JERO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – December 16, 1969
Service recordDavid Wayne Jero, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 64
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 64
- JAMES EDWARD HAYESWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1969
- GLEN EUGENE HOWARDPetty Officer Third Class · December 16, 1969
- SVEN STERNING MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1969
- RONALD DEAN MCMILLENSpecialist Four · December 16, 1969
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.