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JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1941 – August 23, 1968
Service recordJerald Thomas McKenzie, of Orange, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 50
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 50
- TADEUSZ MARIAN KEPCZYKSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- ALBERT MCBRIDELance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- SHERMAN DOUGLAS MCLESTERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MCMILLAN JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 37
- THOMAS STEVEN GARRETTSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 43
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 45
- CHARLIE EDWARD KEMPSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 46
- RAYMOND LOUIS LAGROU JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROBERT GAIL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 48
- RICHARD LEE ROWLAND JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 53
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 55
- JOHN PAUL SUPERCZYNSKI JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 55
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 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.