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MICHAEL DAVID GEHRT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 4, 1945 – November 24, 1970
Service recordMichael David Gehrt, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 81
- BENJAMIN JONES ANTHONYStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1970
- ROBERT CARL GOTTIERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- PAUL GLEN KELLEYTechnical Sergeant · November 24, 1970
- WARREN HERBERT MOBLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL RYOICHI SAITOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 82
- WILLARD GENE STORIEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 82
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.