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JEROME DEAN TODD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – September 24, 1971
Service recordJerome Dean Todd, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 25
- STEVEN REED HANSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 24, 1971
- JERRY OWEN LAFAYETTESpecialist Four · September 25, 1971
- JOHN JEROME MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1971
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 1971
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.