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JERRY WAYNE MCNABB
Captain · U.S. Army
June 4, 1937 – June 27, 1966
Service recordJerry Wayne McNabb, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 161 ASLT HELO CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “161 ASLT HELO CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 100
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- JACKIE LEE GOFORTHPrivate · June 27, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 99
- JACKIE LEE GOFORTHPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 100
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- SIDNEY LAMAR LEONARDCaptain · February 10, 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.