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JERRY M BORKHOLDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1948 – June 21, 1969
Service recordJerry M Borkholder, of New Paris, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 104
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- New Paris, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 104
- ROBERT LINCOLN CRITES JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM ALVIN DANIELS JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- DANNY G ENDICOTTCorporal · June 21, 1969
- ROBERT EDWIN FREITASSergeant First Class · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE KERKHOFFSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 106
- PHILIP EUGENE NICKERSONCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 107
- HARLIS CALVIN SALESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 109
- MICHAEL PATRICK WARNERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 110
From New Paris
- THOMAS DEAN CLEMCaptain · May 3, 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.