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JERRY DOUGLAS RAWLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 19, 1948 – November 25, 1969
Service recordJerry Douglas Rawls, of Henry, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 122
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Henry, Tennessee (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 122
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- WILTON PADIER JRSpecialist Five · November 25, 1969
- JOHN PATTISON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- JACK WILLIAM POMEROYSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND KYLE DISMUKESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 120
- EVERETT GORE JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 121
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 121
- PAUL RICHARD LAVEZZOLISecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 121
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.