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JERRY CELLETTI
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 3, 1949 – August 27, 1968
Service recordJerry Celletti, of Sterling, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Sterling, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 38
- EARL JEROME BLUNKALLCorporal · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- VINCENT ALLEN CLARKSergeant · August 27, 1968
- PETER FRANK COMACHO JRLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE MILTON DYSON JRPrivate · Panel 46W, Line 40
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 40
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 44
From Sterling
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- GARY ALLEN LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES KELLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
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.