PFC, US Marine Corps - Vietnam -
Private First Class E CO, 2ND BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV United States Marine Corps 07 November 1946 - 04 May 1966 Lexington, Kentucky Panel 07E Line 027 -
Gave his life for his country
Name Jerry Lang O'Nan
From Fayette County, Kentucky
Born November 7, 1946
Death May 4, 1966
War Vietnam War
Rank Private First Class
Specialty Rifleman
Branch US Marine Corps
Group 3rd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, E Company
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Location South Vietnam, Quang Nam province
Awarded
★ Purple Heart
Jerry enlisted in the US Marine Corps on November 2 1964 in Lexington KY. In Vietnam he was serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF. Marines were enroute to their designated ambush site near the hamlet of Xom Dai An in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province when there was an explosion. A claymore mine had been manually detonated by a VC who escaped in the undergrowth. Two men were killed and four were wounded, one of the casualties was PFC O'Nan who was killed by fragmentations wounds from the hostile explosive device.
FROM HONORSTATES.ORG
Kentucky Birth Index
Name Jerry L O'nan
Date of Birth 7 Nov 1946
Birth Place Franklin, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name Elinora Moore
Volume Number 123
Certificate Number 61433
Volume Year 1946
Private First Class E CO, 2ND BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV United States Marine Corps 07 November 1946 - 04 May 1966 Lexington, Kentucky Panel 07E Line 027 -
Gave his life for his country
Name Jerry Lang O'Nan
From Fayette County, Kentucky
Born November 7, 1946
Death May 4, 1966
War Vietnam War
Rank Private First Class
Specialty Rifleman
Branch US Marine Corps
Group 3rd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, E Company
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Location South Vietnam, Quang Nam province
Awarded
★ Purple Heart
Jerry enlisted in the US Marine Corps on November 2 1964 in Lexington KY. In Vietnam he was serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF. Marines were enroute to their designated ambush site near the hamlet of Xom Dai An in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province when there was an explosion. A claymore mine had been manually detonated by a VC who escaped in the undergrowth. Two men were killed and four were wounded, one of the casualties was PFC O'Nan who was killed by fragmentations wounds from the hostile explosive device.
FROM HONORSTATES.ORG
Kentucky Birth Index
Name Jerry L O'nan
Date of Birth 7 Nov 1946
Birth Place Franklin, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name Elinora Moore
Volume Number 123
Certificate Number 61433
Volume Year 1946
PFC, US Marine Corps - Vietnam -
Private First Class E CO, 2ND BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV United States Marine Corps 07 November 1946 - 04 May 1966 Lexington, Kentucky Panel 07E Line 027 -
Gave his life for his country
Name Jerry Lang O'Nan
From Fayette County, Kentucky
Born November 7, 1946
Death May 4, 1966
War Vietnam War
Rank Private First Class
Specialty Rifleman
Branch US Marine Corps
Group 3rd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, E Company
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Location South Vietnam, Quang Nam province
Awarded
★ Purple Heart
Jerry enlisted in the US Marine Corps on November 2 1964 in Lexington KY. In Vietnam he was serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF. Marines were enroute to their designated ambush site near the hamlet of Xom Dai An in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province when there was an explosion. A claymore mine had been manually detonated by a VC who escaped in the undergrowth. Two men were killed and four were wounded, one of the casualties was PFC O'Nan who was killed by fragmentations wounds from the hostile explosive device.
FROM HONORSTATES.ORG
Kentucky Birth Index
Name Jerry L O'nan
Date of Birth 7 Nov 1946
Birth Place Franklin, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name Elinora Moore
Volume Number 123
Certificate Number 61433
Volume Year 1946
Private First Class E CO, 2ND BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV United States Marine Corps 07 November 1946 - 04 May 1966 Lexington, Kentucky Panel 07E Line 027 -
Gave his life for his country
Name Jerry Lang O'Nan
From Fayette County, Kentucky
Born November 7, 1946
Death May 4, 1966
War Vietnam War
Rank Private First Class
Specialty Rifleman
Branch US Marine Corps
Group 3rd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, E Company
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Location South Vietnam, Quang Nam province
Awarded
★ Purple Heart
Jerry enlisted in the US Marine Corps on November 2 1964 in Lexington KY. In Vietnam he was serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF. Marines were enroute to their designated ambush site near the hamlet of Xom Dai An in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province when there was an explosion. A claymore mine had been manually detonated by a VC who escaped in the undergrowth. Two men were killed and four were wounded, one of the casualties was PFC O'Nan who was killed by fragmentations wounds from the hostile explosive device.
FROM HONORSTATES.ORG
Kentucky Birth Index
Name Jerry L O'nan
Date of Birth 7 Nov 1946
Birth Place Franklin, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name Elinora Moore
Volume Number 123
Certificate Number 61433
Volume Year 1946
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