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JERRY WAYNE CURRIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1945 – March 30, 1967
Service recordJerry Wayne Currin, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 71
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 71
- ROBERT LOUIS CURRYCorporal · March 30, 1967
- MARTIN M DIANTONIO JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- HENSLEY MCFADDEN DILWORTHLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- PATRICK GALLAGHERCorporal · March 30, 1967
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.