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JERRY DELBERT ABEYTA
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – June 22, 1968
Service recordJerry Delbert Abeyta, of Gallup, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Gallup, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 17
- STEPHEN ARCHIE WALKERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · June 22, 1968
- JOHN DAVID BABINSACKStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1968
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
From Gallup
- JOSEPH DANIEL HURTASergeant · March 22, 1967
- STAN LEROY CORFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · June 5, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- PATRICK SKEETSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 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.