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JERRY DON DEWBERRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1948 – July 5, 1968
Service recordJerry Don Dewberry, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 53W, Line 17
- RAYMOND LEE BUNCH JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH CEGIELSKILance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS LANGLEYSergeant · July 5, 1968
From Ardmore
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CLARENCE LEE SHAWSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · June 15, 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.