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JERRY GLENN ERVIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1942 – March 8, 1969
Service recordJerry Glenn Ervin, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 78
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 78
- KENNETH MAC LEEPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- CHARLES DAVIS MACKENPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN MARSHALLCorporal · March 8, 1969
- SIXTO R MARTINEZ JRSergeant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BEARDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 71
- DEAN HERBERT JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 77
- ROY GLENN ZUFELTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 83
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.