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JERRY MICHAEL CAREY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – June 27, 1970
Service recordJerry Michael Carey, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 98
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 98
- ALAN DAVID GARDNERMajor · June 27, 1970
- STEVEN LANCE HIENSMANPrivate First Class · June 27, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK HOLLISTERSpecialist Five · June 27, 1970
- LANCE MICHAEL LOFMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 27, 1970
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 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.