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GERHARD M ROLFS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – September 12, 1969
Service recordGerhard M Rolfs, of Oakville, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 76
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakville, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 76
- HERBERT RANDOLPH RAGANSSergeant · September 12, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR SAWRANWarrant Officer 1 · September 12, 1969
- RAYMOND SERNASpecialist Four · September 12, 1969
- JOHNNIE MOSES SPEIGHT JRLance Corporal · September 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CHARLES HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 75
- BEDFORD FREDERICK WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 75
From Oakville
- CLINTON ARNOLD SMITHSergeant · March 15, 1967
- RAYMOND WALTER VAUGHAN JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 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.