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GERALD ARNOLD OTOOLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 5, 1945 – January 20, 1968
Service recordGerald Arnold Otoole, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 90
- ROBERT EARL BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MOORESpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- GUILLERMO BAUTIS PAGADUANSeaman · January 20, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANK WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 2
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.