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JERRY LEROY RISINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 10, 1949 – April 19, 1970
Service recordJerry Leroy Risinger, of Seagoville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Seagoville, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 25
- RICHARD LEE MCMINNSergeant · April 19, 1970
- GLENN THOMAS RIDLEYSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JON CHARLES SAPPStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- JEFFREY PAUL SEARLESPrivate First Class · April 19, 1970
From Seagoville
- CALVIN DANIEL HOWISONPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JIMMIE ALVIN FANCHERStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- LEROY DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
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.