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JERALD ALLEN BORMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1941 – April 4, 1968
Service recordJerald Allen Borman, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 58
- RONALD REUEL REXROADMajor · April 3, 1968
- THEODORE WILLIAM SANDIDGESpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- JOHN TERRELL WILKINSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- TERRY LEE BAXTERSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY ELLIS CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 1
- LORN DAVID COMPTONSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 3
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
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.