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JERRY WAYNE SPEARS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – July 6, 1969
Service recordJerry Wayne Spears, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 71
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 71
- JOHN DAVID LINDBERGSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- RICKIE ALLAN LOOMISPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIGDONSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- PATRICK RAY SCOTTLance Corporal · July 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 69
- ERVIN JONESSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 70
- GOLSBY KIMBROUGH JRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 70
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.