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JERRY EUGENE TEW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1951 – October 29, 1971
Service recordJerry Eugene Tew, of Grinnell, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 55
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 4, 1951
- Home of record
- Grinnell, Iowa (Poweshiek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1971; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 55
- VICTOR DEMOTT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- KENNETH MICHAEL BERBLINGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 30, 1971
- HARDY EDWARD CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- MICHAEL MARION FARLEYSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GENE WALLACE STOCKMANSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 54
From Grinnell
- MICHAEL TERRY BOATSpecialist Five · August 22, 1969
- BRETT GRANT REAVISPrivate First Class · September 5, 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.