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JERRY MONROE WALDRON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJerry Monroe Waldron, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 1
- JOHN VEIHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- THEODORE GAY WEYMOUTHLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- GERALD PAUL WILLIBERCorporal · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE FRANKLIN CROWPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 7
- DANNY RAY SWOFFORDSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 8
- GARY NELSON FRYESergeant · Panel 63E, Line 9
- WALTER BENJAMIN KRUPSKICorporal · Panel 63E, Line 12
- RICHARD PAUL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 13
- PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 15
- THOMAS RONALD PURSELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 63E, Line 16
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.