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GENE CHARLES MORACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1942 – May 13, 1968
Service recordGene Charles Morack, of New London, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1942
- Home of record
- New London, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 27
- JOHN P MCGONIGAL JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- GARY FREDRICK MYERSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 18
- RICHARD BRUCE CALDWELL JRSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 18
- JOHN EDWARD CASHLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- PAUL EDWARD FITZGIBBONSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 21
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
- EARL JEFFREY NETZOWSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 28
- RICHARD FRANK PRECOURPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 29
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 1
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 1
- ARMOND JOSEPH STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 3
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 6
- JOHN LEO WOJCICKYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 6
From New London
- WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JRCorporal · December 19, 1967
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- RICHARD LLOYD DAVISConstructionman · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD MATYASPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · June 9, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- KENNETH HARVEY KANAMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1970
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.