Thursday, January 22, 2015

Remembering Staff Sergeant Gerard Binger, KIA Vietnam 50 years ago today



On this date 50 years ago, Jan. 22, 1965, Army Staff Sergeant Gerard A. Binger was killed during a mortar attack in Vietnam. He died one day before his 10th wedding anniversary. Sergeant Binger, who previously served in World War II and Korea, was an adviser working with the South Vietnamese Army.

He met his wife, Virginia, in 1953 while she was serving in the Women’s Army Corps.  They were married Jan. 23, 1955. She passed away in 2011 and was survived by four children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Staff Sergeant Binger and his wife are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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