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JERRY DEAN KUNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1942 – March 12, 1971
Service recordJerry Dean Kuney, of Fayette, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Fayette, Ohio (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 41
- CLIVE GARTH JEFFSCaptain · March 12, 1971
- VAN JOHN JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1971
- WILLIAM TRUMAN LAFIELD JRCorporal · March 12, 1971
- NAZIR MOHAMMEDSergeant · March 12, 1971
From Fayette
- ROBERT DARYL GALLUPCaptain · June 16, 1965
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.