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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Andrew Jerome JR.

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PAUL ANDREW JEROME JR

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

February 27, 1944 – August 22, 1968

Service record

Paul Andrew Jerome JR, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 47W · Line 28

Position of Panel 47W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 70 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
February 27, 1944
Home of record
Tiverton, Rhode Island (Newport County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 22, 1968
Age
24
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Tiverton

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.