GREEN BERETS Shriver, Jerry Michael (Mad Dog)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Shriver ​

• FORENAME

Jerry Michael (Mad Dog) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCS) (Det B-50) (Project Omega) (Hatchet Force) ​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

315461629 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th April 1969 ​

• AGE

27 ​

• GRAVESITE

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court B)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Sacramento,California​

born 24.9.1941 DeFuniak Springs,Florida​

son of Dale Leroy and Dorothy Madelyn (nee Hawver) Shriver​

father (1927-98) served USAF for 30 years (Master Sgt)​

entered service 9.12.1958​

single​

former V Corps LRRP (Sgt)​

awards Silver Star (2),Bronze Star (7),Soldiers Medal,Army Commendation Medal for Valor (3)​

MIA Cambodia (11k east of A-322,Katum)​

body not recovered​

declared dead 10.6.1974 as Master Sergeant​

"Blond,tall and thin,with chiselled features and piercing blue eyes,he could hear and sense things,he was more alive in the woods than any other human being I've ever met"​

(Captain Bill O'Rourke)​

"A legend in MACV-SOG" ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 26W Line 41 ​

Fort Lawton Cemetery,Seattle,King County,Washington memorial​

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