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JERRY DON BASDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1945 – November 5, 1965
Service recordJerry Don Basden, of Dumas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 21
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
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Born
- August 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Dumas, Texas (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 21
- LARIS WHITE JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- CLAYTON COLLINSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
From Dumas
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · November 17, 1967
- JIMMY LEON GREENSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SWEETSergeant · September 14, 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.