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JERRY L FIELDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1945 – June 2, 1966
Service recordJerry L Fields, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 133
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- THOMAS ORVAL GILBERTSpecialist Four · June 2, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- JIMMIE CLAY HUTCHERSONCorporal · June 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 132
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 132
- THOMAS ORVAL GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 133
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 134
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 1
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 1
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.