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GERARD THEODORE WOLTERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – June 11, 1968
Service recordGerard Theodore Wolterman, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. 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 58W, Line 30
- RUSSELL JOSEPH WEEKLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES CLINTON WHITELance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- ROY ALAN WINTERSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- EDWARD TAYLOR WRIGHTGunnery Sergeant · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH CHASEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 23
- ROBERT STEVEN GROSSHARTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 25
- PAUL RAYMOND HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 25
- ROY ALAN WINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 30
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.