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JOHN LEROY JERVIS III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1946 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Leroy Jervis III, of Pitman, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Pitman, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 30
- JOHNNIE BRUCE JACKSONLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- LEONARD JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE JOHNSONHospitalman · February 8, 1968
- LESTER WESLEY JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES STANLEY CERIONE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 23
- GEORGE ROBERT DENSLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 25
- BRIAN FRANCIS DURRSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 26
- ROBERT LEE DYKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 26
- RODNEY PHILLIP TROYERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 41
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 41
From Pitman
- BRUCE DAVID SHARPPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN THIBAULTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JAMES T MCCONNELL IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
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.