The Wall › Panel 7W › South Carolina › Jerry Melton Still
JERRY MELTON STILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 1, 1950 – August 25, 1970
Service recordJerry Melton Still, of Bamberg, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 7
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Bamberg, South Carolina (Bamberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 7
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CARINCILance Corporal · August 25, 1970
- JERROLD LOUIS VESEYSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
- REX THOMAS ALLENSergeant · August 26, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- IVAN LLOYD BARGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 3
- DORSEY MINCEY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 6
- JACK MOSS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 6
From Bamberg
- IVARS LAMASecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1966
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.