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JERRY RICHARD DEES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1950 – July 27, 1969
Service recordJerry Richard Dees, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 55
- FRED WILLIAM SHATTUCK JRMajor · July 19, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN CARRFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1969
- JAMES LARRY COLEMANLance Corporal · July 27, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD DANIELSSergeant · July 27, 1969
- PAUL MEDORE DUCHARMPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERIC EMANUEL BERGQUISTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 54
- JAMES ALLEN CARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 55
- THOMAS ALLEN HINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 57
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.