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GERALD F P WENDEROTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – September 9, 1967
Service recordGerald F P Wenderoth, of Lantana, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Lantana, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 41
- THEODORE HAROLD VOIGTStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- JUAN ALMANZAGunnery Sergeant · September 10, 1967
- LEO CURTIS AUKLANDLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE TATESergeant · Panel 26E, Line 40
From Lantana
- RUDOLF AUGUST SCHRADERSergeant · January 23, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM BOWESergeant · May 3, 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.