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DENNIS CLARENCE JERDET
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – October 11, 1968
Service recordDennis Clarence Jerdet, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 47
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 47
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ALVIN RUTHERFORD HOOVER IIISergeant · October 11, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER HENRY INAYLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- URBAN HAROLD JOHANNES JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ARTHUR BLANDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 44
- WAYNE GEORGE HENSLEYSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 46
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 47
- EARL DOUGLAS OSBORNSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 49
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 1969
- PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · August 12, 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.