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JERRY MICHAEL CHITWOOD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordJerry Michael Chitwood, of Washington, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · 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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, Oklahoma (Mcclain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 7
- JOHN CALVIN COLLINSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES CONNOLLYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- RONALD JOHN COOKHospitalman · May 24, 1968
- JOSE DAVILAPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN HAYDENCorporal · Panel 68E, Line 2
- RUSSELL ARTHUR MICHALKECorporal · Panel 68E, Line 5
- GERALD THOMAS PARMETERSergeant · Panel 68E, Line 6
- PHILIP GERALD TURNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 69E, Line 3
From Washington
- JAMES NEWTON HOLBROOKPlatoon Sergeant · October 6, 1965
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.