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GERALD CLINTON MAUNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1948 – May 16, 1970
Service recordGerald Clinton Mauney, of Baldwyn, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Baldwyn, Mississippi (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 49
- RAYMOND FRANK CONTINOPrivate · May 16, 1970
- HARRY ANDREW COTTERMANSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- JERRY LEE COZADSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYN CHRISTOPHERSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 48
- NEAL RAY FRANKSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 50
- DAVID LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 51
- JOHN ROY MARIANICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 52
- BILLY RAY MCCULLOUGHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 53
From Baldwyn
- JOHN CURTIS YOUNGLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- EDWARD POLK MCCARTHY IIISpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
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.