Name:
Gerald Charles Nettnin
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
427517
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-22
State:
Colorado
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Section N
Row:
Grave:
Site 888
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Gerald Charles Nettnin was born on March 30, 1924, in Colorado. He was the son of Frederick William Carl Nettnin and Altha Emma Wilhelmine Leverenz Nettnin.
He served in the Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 22, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.