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JERRY DALE BASNETT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1946 – May 12, 1967
Service recordJerry Dale Basnett, of Columbia, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 92
- RICHARD LOUIS BASINGERCaptain · May 12, 1967
- LEONARD ALLEN BOHNERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN DYECorporal · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARLOS ASHLOCKSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 91
From Columbia
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE IRVINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- BILLY JOE WYATTLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- DALE RAYMOND JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- CHUBBY DEAN LOWREYSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
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.