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PETER JOSEPH GERSPACH III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – May 25, 1967
Service recordPeter Joseph Gerspach III, of Eggertsville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Eggertsville, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 102
- WENDLE CLYDE DAVISSergeant · May 25, 1967
- HAROLD JEROME DILLARDLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- JOE ALBERT FUNK IISpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 100
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 102
- JOE ALBERT FUNK IISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 102
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 103
- EDWARD MICHAEL MCMULLANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 103
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 104
- GARY ALLEN RATHBUNSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 106
- EDWARD LEWIS TIEMANSergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 108
- BENJAMIN GARETH WELLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 108
From Eggertsville
- CRAIG JAMES JAKELSpecialist Five · February 24, 1971
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.