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JERRY WAYNE CORKERN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1945 – November 26, 1966
Service recordJerry Wayne Corkern, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 133 ORD DET 6 ORD BN 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 119
- JAMES TERRY BOWENSPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- DIETER WALTER DIETZMaster Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- CHARLES LONG FAULKNERFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
From Ponchatoula
- WINFIELD WALTER REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY LEBLANCCorporal · April 16, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS HILLPrivate · May 16, 1968
- LEONARD CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.