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JERRY LENNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – May 4, 1968
Service recordJerry Lennon, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD KRALOWSKISpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- ARTHUR THEODORE KRAMER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- JOHN TIMOTHY LANEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- ROY BARRY LEAGUESergeant · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STERLING CLARK BANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 30
- JOHN EARNEST SWANSON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 32
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 34
- JOHN TIMOTHY LANEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 36
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 38
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.