Jerry Glen Bridges

Vietnam War
Unit243rd Aviation Company
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromColumbia Tennessee
Date of DeathOctober 20 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B

Notes
Staff Sergeant Bridges was a member of 243rd Assault Helicopter Company, 10th Combat Aviation Battalion. On October 20, 1968, he was the flight engineer of a Boeing Chinook Cargo Handling Helicopter (CH-47A) on a resupply mission from Dong Ba Thien to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam. Radio contact was lost when the aircraft reached the Ninh Hoa Valley. His remains were recovered on February 14, 1995 and identified on March 28, 2001. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.