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RICKEY LAYNE JERGENSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1950 – June 1, 1970
Service recordRickey Layne Jergenson, of Darrouzett, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 131
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)
- Born
- June 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Darrouzett, Texas (Lipscomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 131
- ROGER JOSEPH KOSTKASpecialist Four · June 1, 1970
- ROBERT DIAS LOPEZPetty Officer Second Class · June 1, 1970
- DAVID CAMPBELL MOSSNERStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1970
- JOHN MARTIN MULCAHYLieutenant · June 1, 1970
From Darrouzett
- MICHAEL EDWARD KOSCHKESergeant · March 20, 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.