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GERALD LEE RISINGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – July 7, 1970
Service recordGerald Lee Risinger, of Jeffersontown, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 129
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Jeffersontown, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 129
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1970
- VERNON KENNETH SMOLIK JRSergeant · July 7, 1970
- ROBERT F WOODHOUSE JRCaptain · July 7, 1970
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM DAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 126
- THOMAS DAVID GILLASPYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 127
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 127
- LEWIS HOWARD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 128
- CHARLES ELBERT BEALSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 103
From Jeffersontown
- CARL A HUMPHREYSergeant · February 24, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT HUCKLEBERRYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · July 24, 1970
- ROBERT DALE KAVICHCorporal · November 22, 1970
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.