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JERRY ARNOLD MCFALLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1948 – January 16, 1969
Service recordJerry Arnold McFalls, of Kingston, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Kingston, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 17
- CHRISTABOL TOBY MCCLUREPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- JON OWEN OSHEIMPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- DAVID JAMES RIDEOUTSergeant · January 16, 1969
- STEPHEN FRANK ROBARSergeant · January 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN NAPOLEON SCAVELLAMaster Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 18
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 18
From Kingston
- DAVID LYNN BELLLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- DON MANUEL OSHELLSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.