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PFC Jerry Wayne Gentry, a Cartersville native, was killed near Que Son, Vietnam, in November 1967 while pulling wounded crewmates from a disabled armored carrier under fire. He received the Silver Star posthumously.
Historical Marker
In Memory of Private First Class Jerry Wayne Gentry
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About this site
In Memory of Private First Class Jerry Wayne Gentry is a historical marker in Cartersville, Bartow County. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.1658, -84.7987 near Cartersville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bartow County Courthouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia Farm Bureau, Bartow County Courthouse, and Jones, Sam, Memorial United Methodist Church.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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