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JERROLD LOUIS VESEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – August 25, 1970
Service recordJerrold Louis Vesey, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 7
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CARINCILance Corporal · August 25, 1970
- JERRY MELTON STILLCorporal · August 25, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
- REX THOMAS ALLENSergeant · August 26, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDMUND KOONCESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 5
- JOHN DANIEL MALCOLMSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 5
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
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.