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JERRY EDWARD AUXIER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1944 – July 29, 1968
Service recordJerry Edward Auxier, of Dixie, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Dixie, West Virginia (Nicholas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 29
- PAUL DOUGLAS ATONPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- GARRY WAYNE BAKERLance Corporal · July 29, 1968
- ALFRED JOHN DAVIES JRSergeant · July 29, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD GLASFORDPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JOSEPH GREENECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 30
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 30
- LUTHER MANLEY SEXTON JRSpecialist Six · Panel 50W, Line 32
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.