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JERRY LEW EWING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 23, 1948 – May 17, 1969
Service recordJerry Lew Ewing, of Madera, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Madera, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 29
- ROBERT WARREN ANDREWS JRPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- DAVID ROCKWELL CROCKER JRCaptain · May 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE DEMILIOPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- JAMES RONALD FIELDSSergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE FRAZIER BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 28
- EARL RALPH TURNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 35
From Madera
- JIMMY GONZALESCorporal · February 15, 1966
- JOHN JAMES DAWESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1966
- WENDELL LOUIL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD LAFAYETTE INCROCCIPrivate · May 26, 1968
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.