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JERRY GLEN BRIDGES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – October 20, 1968
Service recordJerry Glen Bridges, of Columbia, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 20, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 6
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, Tennessee (Maury County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 20, 1968
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 6
- EDWARD JOSEPH THIBODEAUXLance Corporal · October 19, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DEITSCHChief Warrant Officer 4 · October 20, 1968
- PAUL EARL FOUGHT JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- JIMMY LEE HOWARDSergeant · October 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DEITSCHChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 40W, Line 6
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 40W, Line 7
- CHARLES HOWARD MELDAHLStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 7
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 8
From Columbia
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
- WILLIAM EUGENE HARGROVESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- FRANK NELSON UZZELLPrivate · January 27, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES ANGUSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- NED RAYBURN BROWNSergeant · February 24, 1968
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CALVIN BIFFLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1969
- WILLIE DEWITT ARMSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- MITCHELL ODELL BARNESSergeant · May 30, 1971
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · October 26, 1971
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.