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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gerald Eugene Burgener.

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GERALD EUGENE BURGENER

Major · U.S. Air Force

March 14, 1930 – October 21, 1968

Service record

Gerald Eugene Burgener, of Sullivan, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 40W · Line 10

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Born
March 14, 1930
Home of record
Sullivan, Illinois (Moultrie County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 21, 1968
Age
38
Province
Darlac
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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What was happening

40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Sullivan

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.