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JERRY LEE DANAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – March 12, 1971
Service recordJerry Lee Danay, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 40
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 12, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 40
- JOSEPH JAMES GOMEZSpecialist Five · March 12, 1971
- JOEL THOMAS HAGEMANCaptain · March 12, 1971
- MELVIN HAZLEYStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1971
- MICHAEL WAYNE HILLCorporal · March 12, 1971
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
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.