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JERRY LEE CHERRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordJerry Lee Cherry, of Moss, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Moss, Tennessee (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 36
- JAMES LARRY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- BRADLEY RUSSELL CLARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- CLINT COLLINSSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- GLENN MARSHALL CONNORPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY RUSSELL CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 36
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 8
- RONALD DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 9
- DONALD WALTER SPERLCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 11
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.