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JERRY EUGENE LINEBERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1941 – February 12, 1970
Service recordJerry Eugene Lineberry, of Wadesboro, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Wadesboro, North Carolina (Anson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 2
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE NELSONSergeant · February 12, 1970
- CLIFTON THOMAS SMITHCorporal · February 12, 1970
From Wadesboro
- JAMES THOMAS BYRDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT GLENN BURRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS EVANSPrivate First Class · April 26, 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.