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JERRY LAWSON GERRY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1944 – August 24, 1965
Service recordJerry Lawson Gerry, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 108
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- July 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 MAF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 108
- THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEKSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- JESSE RAY HUGHES JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- BEN JOHNSON JRSergeant First Class · October 5, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 39
From Las Vegas
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GREENCorporal · May 8, 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.