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GAYLORD GERALD KERR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordGaylord Gerald Kerr, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- North Ridgeville, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; five 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 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 53
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · June 3, 1969
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- CLAYTON DEAN JENKINSLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS FLOYD BIBERDORFCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 50
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 55
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCPARLANEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 56
- ALLEN HARVEY ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 57
- WALTER S SEDDIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 59
- CHARLES VALEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 60
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 60
From North Ridgeville
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BALDAUFLance Corporal · February 14, 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.