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JERRY LEROY ADDIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1936 – June 19, 1968
Service recordJerry Leroy Addis, of Dallas, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Dallas, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 56W, Line 34
- JOHN EDWARD GRANVILLELance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- WILBUR LEWIS J HALLOCK JRSergeant · June 19, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE HICKSCorporal · June 19, 1968
- B C IZARDSergeant First Class · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 32
- PAUL LAVERNE OAKES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 37
- JON RICHARD WINGERSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 3
From Dallas
- RONALD LEE DAVISLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ROY NEIL BURRISLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- DONALD BLAIR PAYSOURCorporal · April 4, 1968
- SHERMAN ROBERT FIELDS JRCorporal · May 17, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE MEEKSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- RICKY DAVID MAUNEYSpecialist Four · April 10, 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.