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GERALD COHEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1945 – April 21, 1968
Service recordGerald Cohen, of Levittown, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 17
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- JOHN LEE COLEMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- PETER EDWARD CONLINSergeant · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 15
- PETER EDWARD CONLINSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 19
- RONALD DEVONE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 20
- THOMAS MARVIN HOLCOMBEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 21
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 24
- DAVID SOQUI URIASStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 26
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 26
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · May 4, 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.