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MICHAEL EUGENE GEARHART
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1946 – May 16, 1966
Service recordMichael Eugene Gearhart, of Watertown, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Watertown, South Dakota (Codington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 64
- JOHN CHARLES ALBERTSPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- LEO VERNON BEAULIEUPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BOOTHPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
From Watertown
- CHARLES THOMAS LANGENFELDPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
- DEAN FRANKLIN BOLHOUSEWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS HAIDERSergeant · June 9, 1969
- MARK ROLAND HORNERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- DENIS JAMES ZIMPRICHSpecialist Four · April 7, 1970
- RICHARD ANDREW LARSONCaptain · May 22, 1970
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.