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GERALD DAVID MARKLAND
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 6, 1948 – December 28, 1968
Service recordGerald David Markland, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 83
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 83
- R W GIPSONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1968
- GERALD WOODSCorporal · December 27, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTOGNINI IIISergeant · December 28, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL MCDONALD JRMajor · Panel 36W, Line 85
- STEVEN J PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 86
- STEPHEN CHESTER PONTY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 86
- RICHARD CARL PUGHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 87
- DONALD J SHANGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 87
- JAMES GREER WRIGHT SRSergeant First Class · Panel 35W, Line 1
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.