In Memoriam

DARRELL D GEHRKE

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Gehrke, Darrell Dean
Big Springs, NE
ARMY
SP5

BIRTH DATE:

3/23/1942

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Panel 032E Line 063
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10/2/1967
12/25/1967
12/26/1967

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South Vietnam
Binh Long
UNK
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Not Listed
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11B20 = Infantryman
229TH S&S CO, 94TH S&S BN, 53RD GS GROUP, ARMY SPT CMD SAIGON, 1ST LOG CMD, USARV
Purple Heart
Big Springs Cemetery, Big Springs, NE
Casualty codes: A2-I-7
A2 = Hostile, died of wounds
I = Misadventure
7 = Ground casualty
Recovered.
N/A
Fragments From Friendly Mine While In Unidentified Base Camp 25Dec67.

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