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GALE EDWARD DEERING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1945 – August 19, 1968
Service recordGale Edward Deering, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 53
- ALAN COURTNEY DABBSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEORIO JRCorporal · August 19, 1968
- LEWIS ALLEN DITTMERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CURTIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALDON CECIL JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 56
- SALVADOR JOE MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 1
- EDWARD AUSTIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 2
- WILLIAM LEONARD SANDERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 4
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.