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DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1949 – June 13, 1968
Service recordDonnie Adelbert Geerdes, of Rochester, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 9
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
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 9
- JERRY ROGER FERGUSONSergeant · June 13, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR GAUDREAUPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- EDMOND JUNIOR GREERCorporal · June 13, 1968
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · June 13, 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
- BYRL WILLIAM GAERTNERLance Corporal · May 18, 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.