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JERRY WAYNE GENTRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – November 9, 1967
Service recordJerry Wayne Gentry, of Cartersville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Cartersville, Georgia (Bartow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 57
- GEORGE LINCOLN WILSONMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- STEPHEN HAWLEY BYLERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- TERRY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 61
From Cartersville
- GEORGE A WILSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD RICHARDSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LORENZA CONNERCaptain · October 27, 1967
- STANLEY THOMAS BRADLEYSergeant · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PICKARDSpecialist Five · May 9, 1969
- BOBBY JOE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEHUNTSpecialist Four · June 10, 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.