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RUSSELL EUGENE GEDEON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1946 – December 7, 1969
Service recordRussell Eugene Gedeon, of River Grove, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1946
- Home of record
- River Grove, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 35
- ROBERT EUGENE DEVINNEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 7, 1969
- DANIEL ROSS FANKBONERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- CHARLES EUGENE FULKSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 35
- VINCENT JOSEPH HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 36
From River Grove
- ALBERT LOUIS LAZZAROTTOPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
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.