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JERRY OWEN LAFAYETTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1950 – September 25, 1971
Service recordJerry Owen Lafayette, of Concrete, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Concrete, Washington (Skagit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 25
- STEVEN REED HANSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 24, 1971
- JEROME DEAN TODDSpecialist Five · September 24, 1971
- JOHN JEROME MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1971
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 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.