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KENNETH GILBERT GELLERMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1947 – March 27, 1967
Service recordKenneth Gilbert Gellerman, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 57
- WORLEY WAYNE HALLCorporal · March 27, 1967
- DENNIS L HERSHNERPrivate First Class · March 27, 1967
- CURTIS WOODROW HURLOCKSergeant · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH BRADLEY JORDANPrivate First Class · March 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE WAYNE CHANDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 56
- JOHN MICHAEL TALLIONSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 59
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.