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JERRY WAYNE SPROUSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1946 – January 15, 1967
Service recordJerry Wayne Sprouse, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 38
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RODGERSPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · January 15, 1967
- ROBERT GREER STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 15, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.