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JERRY BRUCE MENANE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 27, 1945 – September 12, 1967
Service recordJerry Bruce Menane, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- May 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 61
- RICHARD RAYMOND KANEMajor · September 12, 1967
- FRANK ELLIOT LYONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT KENT MATTSONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- JAMES ANTON MORRISONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
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.