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ERNEST KAY GERHARDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1946 – September 18, 1965
Service recordErnest Kay Gerhardt, of Modesto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 87
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 87
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER NEVILLE LEVYSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 86
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · Panel 2E, Line 86
- LEROY HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 86
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- JOE LANELL MEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ROYNALD EDWARD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 89
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 90
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 90
From Modesto
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.