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JERRY PAIZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – December 7, 1967
Service recordJerry Paiz, of Norwalk, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 60
- RICHARD PLOTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- CARL RATCLIFFE JRSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- JERI CALVIN SEEMANSergeant · December 7, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES WOZNICKISpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 62
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
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.