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GERALD LERVERNE MENTZER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1944 – August 13, 1966
Service recordGerald Lerverne Mentzer, of Bowmansville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Bowmansville, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 133
- ERMAN MILFORD NEWMAN JRMajor · August 12, 1966
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- PERCY W MCCLATCHYStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
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.