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JERRY WAYNE JEFFERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – November 30, 1968
Service recordJerry Wayne Jefferson, of Paris, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 12
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Paris, Kentucky (Bourbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 12
- RONALD EUGENE JAMESSergeant · November 30, 1968
- JAMES KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- ROGER RAY KERNSPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- JOSEPH KRESIC JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DICK AMBRUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 9
- GENE FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 10
- LEE VICTOR PORDEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 14
From Paris
- WALTER KENNETH MORRISStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- FRANCIS ALLEN HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL COLLINSSeaman · July 29, 1967
- LUTHER CLARK BERRYMANPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- WILLIE ROBERT TUCKERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
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.