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GAYLAND EUGENE KEROHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1943 – February 7, 1969
Service recordGayland Eugene Keroher, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 79
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 68 ENG BN
- Born
- October 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 79
- PETER CLIFTON HURLOCKSergeant · February 7, 1969
- PAUL ROGER JARVISPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- EDGAR LEESergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES WILLARD MILLER JRCorporal · February 7, 1969
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.