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RONALD LEE GERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1944 – January 5, 1966
Service recordRonald Lee Gerry, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 69 SIG BN 2 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 54
- HAROLD JOSEPH BRAZENLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- ALTON LOUIS GAJANChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SKALBACorporal · January 5, 1966
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- KARL DAVID SOBOLIKCaptain · November 26, 1966
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.