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GERALD CHARLES DALEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – June 30, 1969
Service recordGerald Charles Daley, of Unionbury, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Unionbury, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOHN CABOT JRSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · June 30, 1969
- EUGENE THOMAS COXSergeant · June 30, 1969
- JOSEPHUS DANIELSSergeant · June 30, 1969
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.