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PETER F GERSTENLAUER
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
February 23, 1949 – January 10, 1969
Service recordPeter F Gerstenlauer, of North Merrick, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 10, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 64
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 23, 1949
- Home of record
- North Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 64
- WILLIAM WALLACE FORDMajor · January 10, 1969
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEE WESTLIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 10, 1969
From North Merrick
- ROGER EDWARD HUESTISConstructionman · December 14, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS WESTPHALCorporal · January 6, 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.