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WALTER EDWARD GIERMAN II
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1947 – April 16, 1969
Service recordWalter Edward Gierman II, of Lake Worth, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 94
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake Worth, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 94
- ROBERT EARL GILLPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT EIVEND GULBRANDSENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- RALPH WALDO ISRAEL JRSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- CHESTER JARMOLINSKI JRLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KARL HOWARD CULPLance Corporal · Panel 27W, Line 93
From Lake Worth
- ARLEN JACKSON DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LEE ANDREW RAWNPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RAYMOND PATRICK REILLYLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHEPPARDPetty Officer First Class · November 22, 1968
- ISMAEL SOLISPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- DON LEE UNGERCaptain · May 3, 1972
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
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.