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JERRY WAYNE LANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – January 15, 1969
Service recordJerry Wayne Laney, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34W, Line 8
- STEVEN LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- HAROLD LEE JONESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK DANIEL KANSIKLance Corporal · January 15, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS KAPPPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CRAIG OLSONSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 9
- JOHN MICHAEL TREJOPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 11
- MARVIN FRANCIS WEHRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 12
- MARION WITHERSPOONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 12
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · March 11, 1969
- RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 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.