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JERRY IRVEN HELLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1943 – February 5, 1966
Service recordJerry Irven Helland, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- March 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 4
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- EUGENE NATHANIEL CHESLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD LEERStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1966
From Austin
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 1969
- PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · August 12, 1969
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.