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JERRY GLENN WEATHERFORD
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1950 – April 12, 1969
Service recordJerry Glenn Weatherford, of Waco, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 68
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 68
- LLOYD EDWARD JONESPetty Officer Second Class · January 19, 1969
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- MILES D TOUCHBERRY JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- STEVEN EDWARD WETTERGRENPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.