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MARK THOMAS JERNIGAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 18, 1950 – July 4, 1970
Service recordMark Thomas Jernigan, of Imperial, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 118
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Imperial, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 118
- JERRY OWEN EMERINECorporal · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS HANEYLance Corporal · July 4, 1970
- GEORGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM PERRY LYONSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK EDWIN STEARNSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 120
- RICHARD JOHN WARDENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 121
- ROBERT JOHN WINGENFELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 121
From Imperial
- DENNIS EARL JOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
- BILLY HERDON WYATTSpecialist Five · June 5, 1971
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.