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EDWARD HARRY GERNERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – June 30, 1969
Service recordEdward Harry Gernert, of Quentin, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Quentin, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 37
- GERARD JOHN FLIEGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD FOWLERStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1969
- EDDIE LEONARD GARCIAPrivate · June 30, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS GIBNERCorporal · June 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 38
- LAWRENCE RASPBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 39
- LARRY COSIMO VALLELONGASpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 40
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.