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JERRY WHITAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 2, 1948 – May 10, 1968
Service recordJerry Whitaker, of Camden, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Camden, South Carolina (Kershaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 17
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM EIDMAN WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- RANDOLPH RECARDO WILKINSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- LONNIE RAY YOUNGLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
From Camden
- JOHN LARRY JEFFERSSpecialist Four · July 25, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAMS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · May 6, 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.