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JERROLD ALLEN SWITZER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1946 – March 18, 1968
Service recordJerrold Allen Switzer, of Paris, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 31
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAG 3 MAF 3 MAW
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Paris, Illinois (Edgar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 31
- GEORGE LARRY STARKSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD SUTHERLANDPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GARY DOUGLAS UTZLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- FRANK ENZER WEISSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
From Paris
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM OWEN CREECH JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1971
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.