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JEROME RAWLINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordJerome Rawlings, of Kirkwood, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 22
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Kirkwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 22
- JOHNNIE GENE REIDSergeant · April 30, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT ROGERSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ARTHUR GARRY SCHAUERMANNCorporal · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SEEBER J KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 16
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 26
From Kirkwood
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEINMajor · June 30, 1970
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · July 21, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 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.