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EDWARD W GERO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 3, 1942 – February 22, 1968
Service recordEdward W Gero, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 62
- GREGORY WILLIAM FISCHERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- JULIUS CARTWRIGHT FOSTERLance Corporal · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM E G BOBBITTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 57
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 61
- JAN DEAN DOXEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 61
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 62
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 62
- RONALD LEE HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 63
- KENNETH WAYNE ROCHESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 64
- THOMAS EARL WHITAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 70
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.