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JERRY RANKIN HALEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1941 – February 3, 1968
Service recordJerry Rankin Haley, of Bastrop, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 5
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Communications Center Officer (0221)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Bastrop, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 5
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DANIELSSergeant · February 3, 1968
- LESLIE A DICKINSON JRSecond Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE DICKSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- VERNON ZIGMAN JOHNSSergeant First Class · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 3
- ROBERT ALLEN GIFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 7
- JAMES R GODWINSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 7
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 7
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 14
From Bastrop
- HAROLD WAYNE LOWTHERSpecialist Five · April 5, 1966
- LEO PORTERSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON HENDERSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- JERRY LEE NATIONSSecond Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- ROY LEE NATIONSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- LOUIS EARL FENCEROYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- DONNIE LUSTER KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- JESSE UPTIGROVEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 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.