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GERALD DENNIS BEHLKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1946 – May 22, 1967
Service recordGerald Dennis Behlke, of Strum, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Strum, Wisconsin (Trempealeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 81
- RANDAL RAY AYLWORTHPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- KENNETH FRANK BACKUSCaptain · May 22, 1967
- WILLIAM KIMBAL BATCHELDERPetty Officer First Class · May 22, 1967
- LESTER EVAN HOLMESColonel · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER LYLE VALENCICHSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 88
From Strum
- GLENN SHELDON HAUKENESS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 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.