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MICHAEL EUGENE GERBER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – May 27, 1969
Service recordMichael Eugene Gerber, of Conway Springs, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 117
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Conway Springs, Kansas (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 117
- JAMES PATRICK FRANCISStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1969
- KEITH EDWARD GIBSONCorporal · May 27, 1969
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · May 27, 1969
- RAYMOND RAMIREZ GUTIERREZCorporal · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE RAY HARLEYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 1
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SEIGLECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 3
- CONRAD ANDREW SOVASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 3
- DAVID LEE TESSMERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 4
- ROBERT CLYDE YATESCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 5
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.