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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jerry Eugene Bevan.

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JERRY EUGENE BEVAN

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

November 1, 1944 – September 17, 1970

Service record

Jerry Eugene Bevan, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 17, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 69

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
November 1, 1944
Home of record
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 17, 1970
Age
25
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 69

From Minneapolis

All 193 names from Minneapolis →

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.