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JERRY WAYNE DOWNS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1945 – September 19, 1966
Service recordJerry Wayne Downs, of Columbus, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 117
- WILLIAM SHELDON DAVIS IIICaptain · September 19, 1966
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- RONALD CLIFFORD DEXTERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- LAWRENCE VINCENT MCMAHONStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 118
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 118
- RONALD LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 122
From Columbus
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- STEVEN DALE BURTONSergeant · March 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- JOSEPH DEAN MACYSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.