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JERRY RONALD WHITMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJerry Ronald Whitman, of Boca Raton, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multi-Channel Equipment Repairer (2831)
- Born
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Boca Raton, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 18
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT ALLYN WILSONCaptain · May 6, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE WITZIGPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
From Boca Raton
- RALPH PARKER HAYDENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- KIMBALL HAYES SHELDONSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
- WALTER RAY WINTERSPetty Officer Second Class · October 3, 1970
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.