From George Wright

Jerry was an "R" Brancher with us when he applied for and was accepted into Officer's Candidate School. Knowing he had been killed in Vietnam I looked up his name on the Virtual Wall website and found the following. I also found that Jerry had been awarded the Silver Star. You can look up others whom you know were lost if you CLICK THE website WWW.VIRTUALWALL.ORG listed and follow the instructions. If you don't know where a person was from they also provide the list of names from which you can find the acquaintance. - George Wright

Jerry Edward Gorney
First Lieutenant

Personal Data

• Home of Record: Hudson, OH
  Date of birth: 01/05/1943

Military Data

• Service: United States Marine Corps
  Grade at loss: O2
  Rank: First Lieutenant
  ID No: 093926
  MOS: 0302: Infantry Officer
  Length Service: 04
  Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF

Casualty Data

• Start Tour: ------
  Incident Date: 05/13/1967
  Casualty Date: 05/13/1967
  Age at Loss: 24
  Location: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
  Remains: Body recovered
  Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
  Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
  Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

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