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GERALD ALAN CAHELA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 15, 1945 – September 23, 1968
Service recordGerald Alan Cahela, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 68
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- October 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 68
- DAVID FRANCIS CALLAHAN JRLieutenant Commander · September 23, 1968
- GREGORY CARTERSergeant · September 23, 1968
- WILLIAM NIAL FARMERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- AARON ZANE HOWARD GLAZARPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
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.