Major, U.S. Air Force
441st Bomber Squadron
Entered the Service From: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: April 05, 1930
Date of Death: June 18, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
Major Gehrig was a member of 441st Bomber Squadron. On June 18, 1965, he was a crew member of a Boeing Stratofortress Bomber (B-52F) performing a mission over the South China Sea about 250 miles offshore from the Demilitarized Zone when it collided with another B-52F. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
Major, U.S. Air Force
441st Bomber Squadron
Entered the Service From: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: April 05, 1930
Date of Death: June 18, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
Major Gehrig was a member of 441st Bomber Squadron. On June 18, 1965, he was a crew member of a Boeing Stratofortress Bomber (B-52F) performing a mission over the South China Sea about 250 miles offshore from the Demilitarized Zone when it collided with another B-52F. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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Records on Ancestry
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1930 United States Federal Census
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
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Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-2020
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