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GERALD ALLEN IVERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – November 1, 1967
Service recordGerald Allen Iverson, of Oakes, North Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakes, North Dakota (Dickey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 3
- DON ALBERT HAWKINSSergeant · November 1, 1967
- MICHAEL MERVIN HORNERPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1967
- KEITH VINCENT HUFFSTUTLERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS JAQUACorporal · November 1, 1967
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.