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JERRY ALLEN LONGTINE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJerry Allen Longtine, of International Falls, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- International Falls, Minnesota (Koochiching County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 5
- WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDISCorporal · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ROYAL LINDSEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT MALONEYSergeant · May 25, 1968
From International Falls
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- ANTON PROSZEK JRSpecialist Five · April 27, 1967
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- EARL MERRILL DENEENSergeant · April 27, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 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.