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JERRY JAMES DUSSEAU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1944 – January 13, 1967
Service recordJerry James Dusseau, of Palmyra, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Palmyra, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 21
- JOHN PATRICK EADSLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
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.