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JERRY VERNE HORN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1942 – September 16, 1967
Service recordJerry Verne Horn, of Soldotna, Alaska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 79
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Soldotna, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 79
- WILLIAM GEORGE JERROSecond Lieutenant · September 16, 1967
- ERNEST NICK KROLLPrivate First Class · September 16, 1967
- DARRYL DEAN SMITH LAWSONCorporal · September 16, 1967
- DONNIE RAY LUSKCorporal · September 16, 1967
From Soldotna
- WILLIAM ALBERT EATONPrivate First Class · April 18, 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.