PFC Jerry Wayne Hood

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PFC Jerry Wayne Hood

Birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death
30 Apr 1967 (aged 21)
Quảng Trị, Vietnam
Burial
Mount Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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PFC Hood #2199093
MOS:0341 Mortarman.

Jerry was born in Cincinnati and lived there
all of his life until he enlisted in the Marines
16 March 1966,at a Cincinnati Recruiting
Office.
He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to
Mike Company,3rd Battalion,3rd Marine
Regiment,3rd Marine Division.The battalion
was conducting combat operations in the
area of Hill 881A,8 kilometers west northwest
of the Khe Sanh Airfield,when they engaged
hostile forces.Jerry died during the fighting
of fragmentation wounds to the head from a
hostile explosive device.
Tour of duty unknown.
Survived by his wife,Bonnie S Hood;his son
Jerry D Hood,his step-father and mother;
Charles E & Maudeen E Gumz all of 447
Samoht Ridge Road,Cincinnati and his father;
William O Hood of 4247 Gordon St,Cincinnati,
OH.
PFC Hood #2199093
MOS:0341 Mortarman.

Jerry was born in Cincinnati and lived there
all of his life until he enlisted in the Marines
16 March 1966,at a Cincinnati Recruiting
Office.
He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to
Mike Company,3rd Battalion,3rd Marine
Regiment,3rd Marine Division.The battalion
was conducting combat operations in the
area of Hill 881A,8 kilometers west northwest
of the Khe Sanh Airfield,when they engaged
hostile forces.Jerry died during the fighting
of fragmentation wounds to the head from a
hostile explosive device.
Tour of duty unknown.
Survived by his wife,Bonnie S Hood;his son
Jerry D Hood,his step-father and mother;
Charles E & Maudeen E Gumz all of 447
Samoht Ridge Road,Cincinnati and his father;
William O Hood of 4247 Gordon St,Cincinnati,
OH.