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GERALD DEAN ZIEHE
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 7, 1930 – October 21, 1968
Service recordGerald Dean Ziehe, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 17
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 7, 1930
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 17
- CHARLES JOSEPH ANGRISANISpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- COLIN JAMES BACHCorporal · October 22, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN BELLETTISpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- JOHN ALLAN BURLESONSpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.