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JERRY LYNN ERVIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – June 8, 1969
Service recordJerry Lynn Ervin, of Clarksville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 110
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Texas (Red River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 110
- GLENN RAY FLEITMANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1969
- WILLIAM HERSCHELL GREENLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- MICHAEL WADE HAGIEPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- CARL WILLIAM HUDGINS JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 8, 1969
From Clarksville
- KENNETH WAYNE GRIFFINCorporal · December 28, 1970
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.