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RICHARD LEE JERNIGAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1942 – September 10, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Jernigan, of Pecos, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Born
- December 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Pecos, Texas (Reeves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 17
- RONALD GORDON HACKSpecialist Five · September 10, 1968
- LOYD ELLIS JONESPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS EARL LANGHPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- ALFREDO LOPEZ JRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
From Pecos
- JONATHON E THOMAS JRFirst Sergeant · January 23, 1967
- MANUEL MARTINEZ GONZALESCorporal · December 10, 1967
- ERNESTO SALVADOR PEREASpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JOE MANUEL JUAREZPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- WILLIAM MILAM HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1969
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.