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GERALD ANTHONY MCCALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1940 – July 14, 1968
Service recordGerald Anthony McCall, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- June 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 29
- JAMES EDWARD MCCLAFFERTYSergeant · July 14, 1968
- RANCE ALDEN MCEACHERN JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- DONALD LEROY MURPHYSeaman · July 14, 1968
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 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.