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ALFRED JAMES GAIDIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 16, 1950 – May 10, 1970
Service recordAlfred James Gaidis, of Bristol, Connecticut, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 11
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 237 MED DET USARV
- Born
- March 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Bristol, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “237 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 11
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- LAWRENCE NEIL DEBOERSergeant · May 10, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD DEBREWCorporal · May 10, 1970
- TIMOTHY CALVIN DRAKESergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 11
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 12
- PHILLIP NICHOLAS SCHMITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 15
From Bristol
- EDWARD JOHN CHRISTENSENPrivate · May 18, 1967
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · February 22, 1968
- GILBERT THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL JACOBPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · June 2, 1968
- ALDO EUGENE RYDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE EMONDSpecialist Five · July 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGESpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.