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GERONIMO LERMA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – July 6, 1968
Service recordGeronimo Lerma, of Buckeye, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Buckeye, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 28
- ELWOOD LAYTON HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1968
- RONALD BRUCE LOWECorporal · July 6, 1968
- FRED EVANS MITCHELL IIICorporal · July 6, 1968
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
From Buckeye
- ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN IISpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT ELMOREPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · May 14, 1970
- DARREL MONROE PICKETTSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
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.