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JERRY CLIFTON LIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – October 11, 1967
Service recordJerry Clifton Light, of Hillside, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Hillside, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 90
- ISAAC PAUL HUFFMANPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- REESE ALVIN JONESCorporal · October 11, 1967
- GLEN LOCKLEARMaster Sergeant · October 11, 1967
- ELMER WAIN MAHURINPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
From Hillside
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BERENWICKPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- RICHARD ALLI FEATHERSTONEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- EDWARD MARVIN STERNINSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS TANGARIEPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
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.