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GERALD ALLEN HIUKKA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1947 – January 13, 1968
Service recordGerald Allen Hiukka, of Albany, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 42
- MICHAEL THEODORE GEORGESecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1968
- JACKIE WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ERNEST HOWARDPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT ANDREW JACKSONCorporal · January 13, 1968
From Albany
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- ROLLIE LEE BOLDENSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM E SODERSTROMSergeant · May 6, 1966
- LARRY DALE KNIGHTMajor · October 7, 1966
- EARL FREDERICK SMITHSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- JIMMY LYNN DELANOLance Corporal · March 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BURKHARTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHN LEE HOLMESPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR AKIN JRPrivate First Class · September 3, 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.