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GAIL LEE WHITLATCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – July 22, 1969
Service recordGail Lee Whitlatch, of Urbana, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Urbana, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 35
- ALLEN EUGENE STARRWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 1969
- SAMUEL VINCENT BURRUANOSpecialist Four · July 23, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD FORDCorporal · July 23, 1969
- PHILIP HAMMONSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 33
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 34
- ALLEN EUGENE STARRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 35
From Urbana
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
- MAURICE ALBERT SHAFF JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
- TERRY NEIL HARDIGSergeant · January 21, 1969
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
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.