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JERRY CHARLES BOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1950 – May 13, 1969
Service recordJerry Charles Bock, of Markham, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Markham, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 95
- KILBERN DEAN BOUDRAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- OSCAR DAN BOYDSTONSergeant · May 13, 1969
- JOHN HENRY RALPH BROOKSStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- JERRY TYRUS LEEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CLINT DICKERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 97
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · Panel 25W, Line 104
From Markham
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · December 19, 1968
- ODELL EASLEYPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- WYMAN TRUVOY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- NAPOLEON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 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.