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JERRY WILLIAM LAMBERT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1933 – May 11, 1971
Service recordJerry William Lambert, of Buna, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1971, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 6, 1933
- Home of record
- Buna, Texas (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 32
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- STEVEN LARRY MARTINSpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- GEORGE WILLIAM WINKLES JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 32
From Buna
- J V PATRICKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOSEPH GARY MIXSONMajor · December 10, 1966
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.