MOS:
Jerrold was a member of 1st Combat Air Group, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force. On March 18, 1968, he drowned at in the Quang Ngai River trying to save the lives of Vietnamese children. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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On March 18, 1968, PFC Jerrold A. Switzer tried to save the lives of Vietnamese children who were being swept to sea, and was himself drowned. He was in South Vietnam, in the Quang Ngai River in the province of the same name. Whether the children were saved is not noted in public record.
MOS:
Jerrold was a member of 1st Combat Air Group, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force. On March 18, 1968, he drowned at in the Quang Ngai River trying to save the lives of Vietnamese children. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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On March 18, 1968, PFC Jerrold A. Switzer tried to save the lives of Vietnamese children who were being swept to sea, and was himself drowned. He was in South Vietnam, in the Quang Ngai River in the province of the same name. Whether the children were saved is not noted in public record.
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
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Web: Wabash Valley, Indiana, U.S., Obituary Index, 1900-2013
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U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016
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California Birth Index, 1905-1995
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