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ALBERT BRUNO GERDES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – December 20, 1968
Service recordAlbert Bruno Gerdes JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 50
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 50
- RAPHEAL JOHN FROSTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
- STANLEY RAY GILMORESpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOHN HAAN JRCorporal · December 20, 1968
- DARRELL LYNN HAGGARDWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAPHEAL JOHN FROSTSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 50
- WILLIAM JAMES NEUBIAPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 53
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.