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GERALD DEWAYNE SULLIVAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGerald Dewayne Sullivan, of Richland, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Richland, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 39
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH STRAYERStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- JOHNIE B THOMASSergeant · January 31, 1968
- BERNARD DAVID THOMPSON JRLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 4
- ROBERT MICHAEL FINNEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- GERALD LAMPLEY FITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 8
- LUEY VERNON HOLLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 15
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 18
- TROY A LITTLEJOHNSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 22
- NORMAN LACY LONG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 22
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 30
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 32
- BENNY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 36
- HAROLD RICHARD STAFFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 37
- PATRICK JOSEPH STRAYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- ANTHONY F VANHULLE IISpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 40
- MURRAY LEE VERONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 40
- TERRY JOE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
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.