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VERNARD JAY SMALL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1933 – July 31, 1965
Service recordVernard Jay Small, of Akron, Iowa, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Akron, Iowa (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 46
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- MILTON KEITH MCNULTYFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
- DONALD DAVID WATSONFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
From Akron
- JOHN ROBERT DOWLINGPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- MYLLIN GERALD HENRICHStaff Sergeant · June 23, 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.