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JERRY MICHAEL CHUNGES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1942 – March 17, 1967
Service recordJerry Michael Chunges, of Alvin, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 100
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Alvin, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 100
- JAMES HAROLD BRAXTONPrivate · March 17, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JEFF CURRETHERSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JULIO KANEKOStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 101
- OTTO DALE TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 103
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.