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JERRY DOYLE ATKINSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1946 – March 30, 1968
Service recordJerry Doyle Atkinson, of Lawndale, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Lawndale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 8
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- NORMAN LEE BLASINGAMEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- WALTER LEE BRANNONSpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- MCKENLEY ODIS MATLOCKStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
From Lawndale
- JIMMY DEVER BACCUSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- WILLIAM A THORNTON JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- BOBBY JOE GRAVELSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- BRUCE STUART LINDSAYLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- BYRON LEE NOTT JRSecond Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · March 1, 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.