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JERRY LEE SHULTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – July 22, 1968
Service recordJerry Lee Shultz, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 36
- LUTHER JULIAN ROSS JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- EUGENE DONALD SCHINDLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- ROGER DALE SHAFERSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- VALENTINE TUCKERStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE NATHANIEL DAVISPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 30
- HUGH MOZELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 30
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 31
- SIEGFRIED LOUIS GRAEBNERCaptain · Panel 51W, Line 31
- DAVID BRUCE KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 33
- GERALD DENNIS KIESLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- ROGER DALE SHAFERSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 36
- VALENTINE TUCKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 36
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 37
- MARC GREGORY VANDALSEMPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 37
- GARY ROBERT WILLEKESergeant · Panel 51W, Line 37
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.