Spc. Gertson of Eagle Lake, Texas was an all-American boy who loved to hunt, fish, farm rice and run cattle. After 9/11 happened, he said he just felt he needed to go defend our country. He knew there was going to be bloodshed in Iraq, but after he got there and saw the people, it really firmed up in his mind he had done the right thing. Gertson could have returned home in January from his original two-year tour of duty, but he re-enlisted to become a sniper. He had survived a December suicide attack on a mess tent in Mosul. He also had a brother who served a year in Iraq. He was killed by a sniper in Mosul at age 26.
Army
Stryker brigade
1st Battalion,
24th Infantry Regiment
Fort Lewis, Washington
Spc. Gertson of Eagle Lake, Texas was an all-American boy who loved to hunt, fish, farm rice and run cattle. After 9/11 happened, he said he just felt he needed to go defend our country. He knew there was going to be bloodshed in Iraq, but after he got there and saw the people, it really firmed up in his mind he had done the right thing. Gertson could have returned home in January from his original two-year tour of duty, but he re-enlisted to become a sniper. He had survived a December suicide attack on a mess tent in Mosul. He also had a brother who served a year in Iraq. He was killed by a sniper in Mosul at age 26.
Army
Stryker brigade
1st Battalion,
24th Infantry Regiment
Fort Lewis, Washington
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Records on Ancestry
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SPC Clinton Ross Gertson
Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
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SPC Clinton Ross Gertson
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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SPC Clinton Ross Gertson
U.S., Casualties From Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts, 2001-2012
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SPC Clinton Ross Gertson
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
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SPC Clinton Ross Gertson
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