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JERRY MOSBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJerry Mosby, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 31
- CARLOS JUAN MEDINACorporal · April 17, 1968
- VICTOR GEORGE MIKASecond Lieutenant · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE MOUTONSergeant · April 17, 1968
- LOUIS STEPHAN MUCHAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 25
- CHARLES ROBERT FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 27
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 30
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.