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MIKE DUANE GEARHEART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – April 17, 1969
Service recordMike Duane Gearheart, of Sedalia, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 99
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Sedalia, Missouri (Pettis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 99
- DOUGLAS EDWARD DAHILLSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- JOHN CECIL DRIVERFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- LARRY ELLSWORTH GRAHAMPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM WILLIS GRIFFITHSergeant · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BITTINGER JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 98
- WILLIAM WILLIS GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 99
- TRAVIS BERTRAND LEE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 101
- WALTER MINOR TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 104
From Sedalia
- VERNDEAN ARTHUR BROCKMANSergeant First Class · November 16, 1963
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- HERMAN JOHN VOLLMERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD SIRONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · January 24, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- JAMES MILTON DALESpecialist Five · November 20, 1969
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.