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JERRY MARSH CORP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1950 – April 21, 1970
Service recordJerry Marsh Corp, of Tecumseh, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 30
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Tecumseh, Missouri (Ozark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 30
- RALPH NORTH BRIGHTCorporal · April 21, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN BURNSCorporal · April 21, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT EMMANSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL TIMOTHY BAUERStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 29
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.