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JERRY WAYNE BRYAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 30, 1940 – April 28, 1968
Service recordJerry Wayne Bryan, of Swanton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Warehouseman (56B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Swanton, Ohio (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 34
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- JOSEPH CHESTER BORSLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 37
- ROBERT ERIE HOLEYFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 38
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 39
- JOHN THOMAS INTIHARPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 40
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
- ROBERT LOUIS MCDUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 41
- VALENTINE AMBROSE OCHSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 42
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MELVIN PRYOR SRSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 43
- RONNIE GLYNN SLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Swanton
- RICHARD MARTIN VASKOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS DAVISLance Corporal · March 11, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE NOVAKLance Corporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · May 31, 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.