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THOMAS ARTHUR GERG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1943 – January 12, 1967
Service recordThomas Arthur Gerg, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 15
- CAREY WAYNE ELLENBERGERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- GARRY DON FREEMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMANSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- ANGUS N JACKSONSergeant · January 12, 1967
From Brookfield
- WILLIAM ROBERT GLUECKSTEINHospitalman · January 29, 1966
- JAMES BRIAN HUDISLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- JOHN PAUL VISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWIN PIERSONLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- DONALD ALAN KIRKHAMHospitalman · February 1, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE ZEIMETWarrant Officer 1 · September 4, 1968
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · March 23, 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.