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JERRY LAVERN ALFERINK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordJerry Lavern Alferink, of Ashtabula, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 70
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
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Ashtabula, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 70
- DANIEL GERARD ELYSergeant · February 26, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAY MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- SALVADOR LOPEZ NORZAGARAYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- RAYMOND YAZZIECorporal · February 26, 1969
From Ashtabula
- FREDDIE EDWARD THEISLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE RICKARDPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- GREGORY FREDRICK MOSSFORDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS LICATEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
- CRAIG ALDEN VANAKINSpecialist Five · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN BEAVERLance Corporal · May 22, 1970
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.