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WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 25, 1941 – September 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edgar Jerkins, of Plant City, Florida, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 4, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 102
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 102
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- LESLIE VERNARD HURLEBAUSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- JULIO A IGLESIAS IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHNNIE WOODROW KELLEYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 1969
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.