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JERRY WAYNE KIZZIAH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordJerry Wayne Kizziah, of North Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- North Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 21
- NORRIS FELTON JOHNSONSergeant · January 10, 1968
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- MARTIN DOUGLAS KLANNSpecialist Five · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT RUSSELL LEWISFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL L BERRYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34E, Line 14
- ROBERT PAUL HAINSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 19
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34E, Line 22
From North Birmingham
- SAMUEL ARLEN EIDSONStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT TILLERSpecialist Five · January 25, 1966
- MERRITT STOVES IIIPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
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.