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JERRY EUGENE METCALF
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1946 – June 15, 1967
Service recordJerry Eugene Metcalf, of Delavan, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 107
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Delavan, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 107
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- WALTER JOHN LYONSSecond Lieutenant · June 15, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN MYERS JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- MICHAEL RAYMOND OJILEPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
From Delavan
- WILLIAM MEARL DEANSergeant First Class · August 14, 1964
- JOHN FRANKLIN PAYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 10, 1969
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.