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JERRY N CREASY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – August 19, 1969
Service recordJerry N Creasy, of Hillisburg, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillisburg, Indiana (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 66
- REGINALD WAYNE BURRISSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN DAWSONSergeant · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERTO CERVANTES DUENASCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MACKAYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 70
- GEORGE WILLIAM PEARSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 72
- JOHN WALTER VOYLESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 74
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.