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JERRY SYLVIA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1950 – September 6, 1969
Service recordJerry Sylvia, of Palisades Park, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Palisades Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 51
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAPPELLSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- NEAL ARTHUR SMITHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- DENNIS ARTHUR SPENELLIHospitalman · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
From Palisades Park
- GREGORY ALLEN SHELLEYCorporal · June 7, 1968
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.