Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 18-Apr-1943
Hometown: Corinth, Mississippi
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 9-Jul-1968
Start of tour: 9-Dec-1968
Incident date: 25-Jan-1969
Date of casualty: 25-Jan-1969
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Jerry Wayne Talley died from injury received while passenger on a military vehicle on combat operation when hostile mine detonated.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Henry Cemetery, Corinth, Mississippi, USA
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