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JERRY EDWARD HANCOCK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1948 – December 27, 1970
Service recordJerry Edward Hancock, of Qulin, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 12
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Qulin, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 12
- BRADLEY ELLIOTT SANDFORDFirst Sergeant · December 27, 1970
- DAVID LEE TEMPLETONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1970
- CARVER JOE VAUGHANSergeant · December 27, 1970
- ROBERT D ARNALLCorporal · December 28, 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.