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GERALD MARION GISCHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1949 – August 18, 1968
Service recordGerald Marion Gischer, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 41
- NORMAN LEE EVERSGERDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH GRIFFINPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- WILLIAM ALFRED HADSOCKPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.