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JERRY GORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – August 10, 1969
Service recordJerry Gore, of Wasco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 126
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Wasco, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 126
- ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ-GUZMANPrivate · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR ROSENOWWarrant Officer 1 · August 10, 1969
- REGINALD MARK SATERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- BRIAN EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ARTHUR ROSENOWWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 126
- LARRY JAMES TALLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 127
From Wasco
- DELBERT CHAN TOTTYPlatoon Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- STEPHEN LEON RAGSDALESergeant · December 1, 1969
- JOHNNY JOE GALLARDOSergeant · February 27, 1970
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · May 6, 1970
- STEPHEN CHAVIRASpecialist Five · May 28, 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.