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BYRL WILLIAM GAERTNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordByrl William Gaertner, of Rochester, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 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
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 17
- WALTER LYMAN ENSIGN JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- JULIAN THOMAS FIELDSSergeant · May 18, 1968
- KEVIN LYNN FORBESPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ALAN STUART GELBStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
From Rochester
- DOUGLAS DEWEY WALLINPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- PAUL JAMES ALLENCorporal · April 11, 1968
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES SKANSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- RONNIE GENE KLOMSTADSeaman · May 24, 1969
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.