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JERRY NORMAN DUFFEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1951 – December 12, 1971
Service recordJerry Norman Duffey, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 86
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 86
- PHILIP S GALLAGHER IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1971
- ISADORE JENKINSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
- RONALD ANTHONY SPUDISSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
- HOWELL WAYNE BURNSPrivate First Class · December 12, 1971
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
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.