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JERRY WAYNE PEOPLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1949 – March 15, 1971
Service recordJerry Wayne Peoples, of Saline, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Saline, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 51
- JAMES CARLTON MULLINAX JRSergeant · March 15, 1971
- STEVEN RUSSELL PECKWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- MICHAEL HUGH RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JAMES GEORGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 49
- JERRY WAYNE KIRKENDOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 50
- GREGORY SCOTT MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 50
From Saline
- JOHN ROY THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MELVIN ERNEST DAVISSergeant First Class · June 6, 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.