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GERALD DON HUFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1946 – May 17, 1967
Service recordGerald Don Huffman, of Newport, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Newport, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 16
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- LYNN CAROL HAYESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 14
From Newport
- GARY EUGENE ELFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- LYMAN ALLISTER MCMULLENSpecialist Five · August 18, 1966
- CHARLES MARTIN BEARPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · May 18, 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.