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JERRY WILLIAM PYLE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 29, 1930 – May 11, 1970
Service recordJerry William Pyle, of Richland, Kentucky, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 19
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 29, 1930
- Home of record
- Richland, Kentucky (Hopkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 19
- JOSEPH W CUNNINGHAM JRSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- ROBERT LEE OCONNORStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT OLSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
- SCOTT EUGENE SUTHERLANDSpecialist Five · May 11, 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.