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RONALD EUGENE GERTEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 6, 1951 – December 31, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Gerten, of Tecumseh, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Tecumseh, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 17
- IRA EUGENE GIBBSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JRSergeant · December 31, 1970
- STEVE L J LAVERTYCorporal · December 31, 1970
- JOHN FRANK NEUBAUERConstructionman · December 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- IRA EUGENE GIBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 17
From Tecumseh
- DAVID T BROOKSStaff Sergeant · November 18, 1967
- RICKIE D SPARKSSergeant · November 18, 1967
- DONALD LEE RUDDPetty Officer Second Class · March 3, 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.