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JERRY G HOLLINGSWORTH JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordJerry G Hollingsworth JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 11
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES RODNEY HENDRIXCorporal · May 16, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS HILLPrivate · May 16, 1968
- HENRY JOSEPH KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.