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JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 5, 1930 – June 18, 1965
Service recordJames Monroe Gehrig JR, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 5, 1930
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 12
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- JAMES ALFRED MARSHALLFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.