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JERRY DONALD HELMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1947 – April 30, 1971
Service recordJerry Donald Helms, of Ft Mill, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 19
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Mill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 19
- RICHARD STEWARTPrivate · April 29, 1971
- HAROLD KINGSLEY ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 30, 1971
- CANTRELL MONRO DANIEL IIISpecialist Four · April 30, 1971
- JOSEPH MILTON EASONSpecialist Four · April 30, 1971
From Ft Mill
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- SAM HENRY BOYDCorporal · May 28, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
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.