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JAMES RAY JERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – December 30, 1968
Service recordJames Ray Jerson, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 9
- JERRY DON GIBBSPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- MARC CHARLES GORHAMPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- LELAND S MCCANTS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
- ANTANAS ARVIDA PRIZGINTASSecond Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.