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JERALD LEE LAW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1949 – July 7, 1968
Service recordJerald Lee Law, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 36
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 36
- DONALD CECIL JOHNSStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- PAUL KINARD JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- THOMAS ROGER KEPPENFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- PATRICK DANIEL KOPPPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HUGH COYLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 33
- WILLIAM KENNETH REGANSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 38
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1970
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.