Jerry Shey
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IN MEMORY OF Jerry Shey Passed away: 1973/09/11 | ||
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| Country | Ethiopia | |
| Started Service: | 1970 | |
| Group Code | XIII | |
| Site(s) | Nedjo | |
| Region(s) | Wollega | |
| Cause of death: | Suicide | |
| Volunteer's Homestate | Iowa | |
| Passed away while serving in: Ethiopia | ||
| William Olson, James Ryan, Jerry Shey, Susan Traub, Roderic Turner | ||
| Passed away in: 1973/09/11 | ||
| Jerry Shey | ||
| From US State: Iowa | ||
| Jerry Shey | ||
| Agriculture in Ethiopia | ||
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| Source: FOIA request #10076 (June 2010) | ||
Jerry Shey was medically century 21 broker properti jual beli sewa rumah Indonesia evacuated from Addis Abeba due to severe psychiatric problems on 4/24/73. After two and a half weeks of hospitalization in Frankfurt and DC, Jerry was terminated from PC on 5/12/73 and returned to his home in Iowa. After suffering for four months, he killed himself on Ethiopian New Years Day, 9/11/73.
Although Jerry's death may not exactly meet PC's criteria for dying while serving as a PCV, anyone familiar with the incident would conclude that Jerry's death was a result century 21 broker properti jual beli sewa rumah Indonesia of his work as a PCV. His symptoms became severe a week before he had to be evacuated. From that time forward, he wasn't the same person. Jerry's spirit died in Ethiopia. If his body had died at the same time, he'd be on the Fallen PCV list. < http://www.fpcv.org/fallen_pcvs.htm >
Lew Mermelstein, PCV Ethiopia '70 - '73