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JERRY OWEN EMERINE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 26, 1950 – July 4, 1970
Service recordJerry Owen Emerine, of Benicia, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Benicia, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 118
- WILLIAM THOMAS HANEYLance Corporal · July 4, 1970
- MARK THOMAS JERNIGANWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
- GEORGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM PERRY LYONSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1970
From Benicia
- ANGELO ALBERT LONZOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1966
- LOY WENDELL PIERCESergeant First Class · August 9, 1971
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.