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JERRY LYNE STEED
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1945 – June 24, 1967
Service recordJerry Lyne Steed, of Gainesville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 60
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Born
- December 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Texas (Cooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 60
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- CHARLIE LEE BURNEYCorporal · June 25, 1967
- ALLEN JAMES CAGLEPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
From Gainesville
- THOMAS NEAL BREWERLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOE LESLIE BIFFLE JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- DONALD JOE BOAZPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE OVERSTREET JRSpecialist Five · June 11, 1968
- JERRY DON GIBBSPrivate First Class · December 30, 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.