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GARY BERNARD GEHRKE
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
July 10, 1945 – January 21, 1969
Service recordGary Bernard Gehrke, of Woodruff, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Executive Administrative Assistant (71C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Woodruff, Wisconsin (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 48
- DANIEL PATRICK GALLAGHERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- EDDIE GILBERT GAYPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- ALTON GEORGE GIBSONSergeant · January 21, 1969
- MARVIN ARTHUR GIESStaff Sergeant · January 21, 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.