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JERYL FRANKLIN DRISKILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 30, 1943 – July 19, 1969
Service recordJeryl Franklin Driskill, of St Jacob, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1943
- Home of record
- St Jacob, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 19
- RALPH SAMUEL FLADGERSergeant · July 19, 1969
- JOHN GARY GERTSCHStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- TERRY LYNN GILLIAMCorporal · July 19, 1969
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GARY GERTSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 19
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 19
- RICHARD ALLAN HAVLIKPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ALLEN HAWKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 20
- WALTER KARASCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 20
- ALFONSO OLMOSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 22
- DUREL STEVENS WOODSCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 24
- HARRY PATRICK YINGLINGSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 24
From St Jacob
- PHILLIP REX BERGFIELDCaptain · July 3, 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.