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JERRY ROY LONG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordJerry Roy Long, of Sicily Island, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 14
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Sicily Island, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 14
- ROBERT JOE SMITHSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- KEITH POWELL STEPHENSONCorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS BERNARD STOCKWELLCorporal · March 21, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT TALMADGESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
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.