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JERRY BERNARD FORMEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1945 – April 26, 1967
Service recordJerry Bernard Formey, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 93
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 93
- PATRICK PHILLIP FRANCISCOLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- LARRY FREDERICK GEIGERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- GUY CLIFTON GETTINGSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- LINDY ROLAND HALLCorporal · April 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EMMANUEL SALVATORE FENECHSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 92
- EDWARD SCOTT TOWEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 99
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.