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JERRY PROCTOR LAIRD
Major · U.S. Army
January 4, 1936 – January 22, 1969
Service recordJerry Proctor Laird, of Allentown, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 59
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1936
- Home of record
- Allentown, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 59
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- ARDEN LEE KRUKOWPetty Officer Second Class · January 22, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM LOUGHRANSpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- RICKY LYNN WIKLESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY DIETRICH BRUESKESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 56
- JACK EDWIN CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 56
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 58
- FREDDY ALFORD MCGEESpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 60
- DOUGLAS ALAN ROSSSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 61
- JAMES DAVID STUESSELStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 61
- GILTON WALTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 62
From Allentown
- PAUL D POTTERFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 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.