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Richard Lee Jernigan
Staff Sergeant
415TH RR DET, 328TH RR CO, 509TH ASA GROUP, ARMY SEC AGENCY, USARV Army of the United States Pecos, Texas December 02, 1942 to September 10, 1968 (Incident Date September 06, 1968) RICHARD L JERNIGAN is on the Wall at Panel W44, Line 17 |
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SSG Richard L. Jernigan was a career soldier from Pecos, Texas. He had served in the Army 8 years and began his tour in Vietnam as a general vehicle mechanic and was assigned to the ASA group. He died of illness two months into his tour. He is remembered by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Midland, Texas and by his community.
26 Aug 2006 I was able to obtain official mortuary records from the U.S. Army Resources Command. A review shows that SSG Richard Lee Jernigan died from viral pneumonia contracted two months after he began his tour in Vietnam.
At the time of his death, his family was living at Fort Richardson, Alaska and SSG Jernigan was buried at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery with full military honors.
From a Permian Basin Vietnam Memorial Representative, Billy M. Brown bmbrown@grandecom.net |
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