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GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURG
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 28, 1945 – June 24, 1967
Service recordGerrit John Schouwburg, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 59
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 59
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID PERKINSLance Corporal · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW GUYPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1967
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.