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GENE AL MORTENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1949 – September 4, 1967
Service recordGene Al Mortensen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 106
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
- JAMES CALVIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT RAY MOONEYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS MORGANCaptain · September 4, 1967
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.