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JERRY GENE GATLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1948 – September 15, 1969
Service recordJerry Gene Gatlin, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 89
- STEPHEN AYER JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD KREGELOHSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- DONALD ALVIN LIEBLLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 1968
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.