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JAMES ALLAN GEROU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1945 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJames Allan Gerou, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 28
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- JERRY FRANK GARCIALance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- MANUEL JOSEPH GOMEZGunnery Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE ALLEN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 26
- GEORGE STEVEN ELBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 27
- THEODORE HUBBARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 29
- VICTOR GEORGE MIKASecond Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 31
- RUDY MICHEL THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 34
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 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.