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SERGIO JOHN GHERARDINI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordSergio John Gherardini, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 66 MP CO 93 MP BN 16 MP GP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 10
- CALLEN JAMES COURTEMANCHECorporal · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN GILLEYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- AUBREY GOFF JRSergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM SAMUEL GORDONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.