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PFC Jerrold Allen Switzer
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PFC Jerrold Allen Switzer Veteran

Birth
Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, USA
Death
18 Mar 1968 (aged 21)
Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Courts of the Missing
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PFC Switzer #
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.
PFC Switzer #
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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