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JERRY DEAN WORTHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1943 – February 1, 1967
Service recordJerry Dean Worthy, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 105
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- April 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 105
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- RAUL ORTACorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLARD ARLIN PHILSONSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PRAZINKOSergeant First Class · February 1, 1967
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- ERNEST LINWOOD JACOBS JRCorporal · February 4, 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.