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GERALD ALAN GAUTHIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – January 20, 1970
Service recordGerald Alan Gauthier, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 49
- ROBERT JOHN GASKO JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH HOLLANDFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1970
- CHESTER THEO HOWARD JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1970
- EVERETT DENNIS KEATONCaptain · January 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH HOLLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 49
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
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.