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JERALD STEVEN DELONG
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 5, 1950 – October 12, 1970
Service recordJerald Steven Delong, of De Soto, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1950
- Home of record
- De Soto, Wisconsin (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 128
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONESergeant First Class · October 12, 1970
- MICHAEL ROYCE BORGHospitalman · October 12, 1970
- TERRY MIKEL CONWAYPrivate · October 12, 1970
- AMOS MARK CRAIGEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 127
- JOHN STUART HUNTCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 129
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 129
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 129
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 130
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.