'Tales of Digger' (Digger was Jerry's nickname) show that his eccentric and sometimes risk taking nature was well established before he stepped foot in Vietnam. Jerry’s years as a LRRP with 75th are told in a 3 page article in the Fall 2008 75th Ranger Regiment Association's newsletter. It’s unknown what he does for the next few years, but sometime prior to 1961 he attends jump school and then is assigned to Wildflecken, Germany as a member of Co A, 75th Infantry, serving on a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) team. He probably finished all of his initial training in early 1959. His mom and step-father live in Sacramento.Īfter basic training at Fort Ord, Jerry receives infantry/11B training. He is listed as living in Weott, Humboldt County, California. In Dec 1958 - 17 year old Jerry Shriver drops out of South Fork High School (Miranda, CA) to join the Army. Three more siblings were added to his family.
Jerry and his siblings all take the Shriver surname. Soon afterwards his mom "Doll" marries another career Air Force man, Dale L Shriver. By the time he was 12, Jerry had three younger siblings and his parents had split up. After the war, the family spends time in Germany and Bermuda. His parents married in 1941 and his father served during WW II in Italy. His biological father, Henry A Tate, Jr., was in the Air Corps and Air Force. Jerry is credited with taking part in an extraordinary number of recon missions with SOG.īorn Jerry Michael Tate, he was a military brat. Today we pause to remember one of SOGs legends, SFC Jerry M Shriver who went MIA on April 24, 1969. In this Vietnam War edition written by the Special Operation Association in memory of one of their legendary heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice but his remains were never returned to his family. Welcome to Stories of Sacrifice, American POW/MIA Podcast.
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