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JERRY STEVENSON FORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1944 – October 24, 1970
Service recordJerry Stevenson Ford, of Jonesville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Jonesville, North Carolina (Yadkin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 18
- TIMOTHY JOHN OCONNORPrivate First Class · October 23, 1970
- RICHARD LEE TATESergeant · October 23, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1970
- WILLIAM MANSON DAULTONLance Corporal · October 24, 1970
From Jonesville
- DAVID WAYNE SHAFFNERPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.