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EARL ROGER LERCH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 25, 1946 – June 4, 1968
Service recordEarl Roger Lerch, of San Francisco, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 25, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 10
- JOHN CHARLES HARRINGTONPrivate · June 4, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON HOLLANDLance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate · June 4, 1968
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.