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GERALD ARLENE VIZER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1948 – May 30, 1967
Service recordGerald Arlene Vizer, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 19
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 19
- CLARK EDWARD SAPPCorporal · May 30, 1967
- KENNETH L STAGERStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1967
- GEORGE STEVEN SUTTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- MICHAEL WALTER THOENNESFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1967
From Eau Claire
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDESergeant · August 24, 1965
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- LARRY DUANE TRAASETHLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DEVNEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.