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JIMMY HENRY MERCER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – July 26, 1970
Service recordJimmy Henry Mercer, of Hazlehurst, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 55
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Hazlehurst, Georgia (Jeff Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 55
- STEVEN BERNARD MILLSPrivate · July 26, 1970
- DENNIS RAY NOBLEFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 1970
- ROBERT DALE OSIER JRSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- WILLIAM AVALON PARKERWarrant Officer 1 · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER WADE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 54
- DENNIS RAY NOBLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 55
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 57
- CLEMENT JOSEPH TROIANELLOSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 57
From Hazlehurst
- JESSE HOWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD HATTENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- LONNIE VESTER MERCHANTSergeant First Class · September 9, 1969
- ROBERT WILBER TOLER JRStaff Sergeant · December 5, 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.