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Jerry Lee Bumgarner

Petty Officer Second Class Navy Vietnam War

Navy
Navy
Branch of Service
Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
Unit
Hospital Corpsman
Conflict / Era
Vietnam War
Years of Service
04/13/1967 – 12/20/1972
Date of Birth
05/15/1948
Hometown
Union, OH
Awards & Decorations
Purple Heart, Navy Achievement Medal with V Device; National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with 1 Campaign Star and Fleet Marine Force Combat Operations Insignia; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with V Device; Combat Action Ribbon
Monument Paver
Yes — Section B
Overseas Service
Vietnam
Township (entering service)
Union
Township (current / at death)
Lynchburg, Virginia
Church
Methodist
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
No

Decorations

Purple Heart
Purple Heart
National Defense Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal

Biography

Overseas service: Vietnam. Church: Methodist. School: UNKNOWN. Vietnam - Medical corpsman; wounded in action - twice; wounded in action 22 February 1969

Source: Veteran form submitted 01/20/2006 by mother, Louise Bumgarner; DD-214N, Union Co. Recorder's Office , Vol. 13, p.58