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JERRY DWAIN LEE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1947 – March 22, 1966
Service recordJerry Dwain Lee, of Grand Prairie, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Prairie, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 39
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- BRUCE RANDOLPH LANDIS JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- MARION LEONARD LEE JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
From Grand Prairie
- ROBERT DAVID EVANSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- THOMAS HILLPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DANNY CLARENCE BERRIERSergeant · February 27, 1970
- HARRY TRUMAN WILSONSergeant · June 4, 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.