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JERRY LEE BORGENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – March 13, 1967
Service recordJerry Lee Borgens, of Westminster, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 72
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Westminster, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 72
- WALTER LEE CLEMENTSPetty Officer Third Class · March 13, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT COXLance Corporal · March 13, 1967
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- FRANKLIN DANIEL HITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO VEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 74
From Westminster
- RONALD C TOTHLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- STANLEY LOYD BAKERLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.