GREEN BERETS Jerson, James Ray (Jimmy)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Jerson ​

• FORENAME

James Ray (Jimmy) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN) (FOB 2) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

439723921​

• DATE OF DEATH

30th December 1968 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Tahlequah Cemetery,Tahlequah,Cherokee County,Oklahoma Block 13​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from New Orleans,Louisiana​

born 2.6.1947 Tahlequah,Oklahoma​

son of Theodore Joseph and Virginia Mildred (nee Herrin) Jerson​

single​

graduated Martin Behrman High School,New Orleans 1966​

graduated 95th Infantry Officers Candidate Class,Fort Benning 12.10.1967​

Airborne School 1968​

SF Officers Course,Fort Bragg summer 1968​

award Silver Star​

DOW Cambodia (Bright Light op.) ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 35W Line 9 ​

​