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JOHN ANTHONY GERO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Anthony Gero, of Burbank, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 16
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LEWIS GRIFFINCorporal · June 29, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- RONALD VINCENT HARBERTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 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.