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JERRY BAXTER EDMONDS JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 25, 1948 – December 31, 1970
Service recordJerry Baxter Edmonds JR, of Crossville, Tennessee, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Crossville, Tennessee (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 16
- ROY LEE CHANEYPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- RICHARD EUGENE DODDSergeant First Class · December 31, 1970
- RICHARD MEDINA ESCALERAPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- PETE ELLIS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · December 31, 1970
From Crossville
- MOSES CLARK TABORStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1965
- DAVID WILLIAM HOLMESSergeant · July 19, 1966
- JACK LENN SUTTONLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- LYNN CAROL HAYESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- NELSON PAGE HENRYFirst Sergeant · October 28, 1967
- BERYL STANLEY BLAYLOCKStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1968
- FREDRICK ANDREW HASSLERStaff Sergeant · December 30, 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.