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GERALD NEAL REMPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1945 – June 26, 1968
Service recordGerald Neal Remper, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Tarentum, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 4
- ROBERT CHARLES STEELECorporal · June 26, 1968
- WILLIE RAY THOMPSONCorporal · June 26, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS WOODSMajor · June 26, 1968
From Tarentum
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · April 24, 1966
- JAMES GRANT CALLENCorporal · January 15, 1967
- SCOTT MCCLELLAND BURKETTCaptain · October 8, 1967
- PATRICK JAMES DUGANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.