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JERRY FLETCHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJerry Fletcher, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 6
- WILLIAM JACK EISENHOWERSergeant · May 12, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- JACK HARLAN KAMRATHPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- JOHN ELDEN LAIPPLESergeant · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE WILLIAM CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- FILIBERTO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ROBERT BRUCE COHENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE COX JRCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 3
- JOE JOHN JANAKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- STEVEN ANDREW JARRETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 5
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- JACK HARLAN KAMRATHPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK ALLEN MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 9
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 11
- WILLIAM FRANCIS ROGERSCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 12
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.