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JERRY EDWARD GORNEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1943 – May 13, 1967
Service recordJerry Edward Gorney, of Hudson, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 104
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Hudson, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 104
- MICHAEL FRANK BUCKLEYCorporal · May 13, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD BURNSPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- JOSEPH CAVAROCCHIPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY COGHILLEnsign · May 13, 1967
From Hudson
- JOSEPH FRANK ROSATOCaptain · June 2, 1966
- JOHN DARLINGTON PEACE IIICommander · December 31, 1967
- RONALD LEE DAVIDSONSecond Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
- ARMOUR DAVID WILCOX IIISergeant · December 8, 1968
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.