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JERRY MICHAEL SHRIVER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1941 – April 24, 1969
Service recordJerry Michael Shriver, of Sacramento, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 24, 1969, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 41
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 24, 1969
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 41
- DARWIN DALE MCGEESpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- ERNEST MANUEL PERRY JRSergeant · April 24, 1969
- RANDALL RUGGSPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH WAGNERPrivate · April 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY MICHAEL HARRIGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 39
- ERNEST CECIL JAMISONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 40
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.