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JERRY LEE WALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 3, 1945 – April 22, 1969
Service recordJerry Lee Wall, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 28
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 28
- JOHNNIE PERRY STEPHENS JRFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH TISCHLERSergeant · April 22, 1969
- WALTER SHELBY VANCLEAVELieutenant Colonel · April 22, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HUDSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 25
- GUADALUPE FLORESCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 26
- THOMAS DAVID PERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 27
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.