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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jerry Michael Dailey.

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JERRY MICHAEL DAILEY

Sergeant · U.S. Army

April 20, 1947 – June 5, 1969

Service record

Jerry Michael Dailey, of Groves, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 23W · Line 72

Position of Panel 23W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
April 20, 1947
Home of record
Groves, Texas (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 5, 1969
Age
22
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 23W, Line 72

Same unit, same day

From Groves

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.