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JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1946 – July 12, 1967
Service recordJerome George McGovern, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 61
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 61
- JOHN ALVIN HARLANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER MAR MCGINNISPetty Officer Second Class · July 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES LARRY MOORECaptain · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES VINCENT AYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 55
- JACK J COOPERWOOD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 57
- CLAUDE EUGENE ELMORESergeant · Panel 23E, Line 57
- LAURENCE G SERSHONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 63
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 65
- EDDIE EARL WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 66
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.