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PAUL EDGAR GERLACH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – January 30, 1968
Service recordPaul Edgar Gerlach, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 70
- ROBERT WAYNE FORKLSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- NORBERT LOUIS FROEHLICHCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 66
- ROBERT WAYNE FORKLSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 70
- RICHARD THEODORE HEIMESSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 72
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 73
- DENNIS BEN KOUHNSSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 74
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 75
- PETE MELNICKSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 76
- RICHARD FRED RIALSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 80
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.