Jerry "Mad Dog" Shriver was a MACV-SOG Staff Sergeant who spent
three consecutive years running classified missions into Laos
and Cambodia. The North Vietnamese government put a $10,000 bounty
on him specifically. The only individual American soldier to
receive that distinction in the entire Vietnam War.
On April 24th, 1969, he boarded a helicopter at Quan Loi for
a raid on COSVN, the NVA's secret headquarters in Cambodia.
He was last seen walking toward a tree line.
What makes his case different from most MIAs: reports indicate
he remained on the radio for four hours after his team was forced
to extract without him. Four hours of radio contact that the
official record doesn't fully account for.
NSA intercepts later suggested the mission may have been
compromised before the helicopters even lifted off.
He is still listed as Missing in Action. No remains have
ever been recovered.
I made a documentary on his story.
Happy to discuss the case in the comments. There's a lot
more to the story than what's in the official record.
