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GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1949 – February 4, 1970
Service recordGerald Douglas Tomlinson, of Traverse City, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Traverse City, Michigan (Grand Traverse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 102
- DANNY RAY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- JOHN MARSHALL SMITHSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1970
- LUIS ANGEL ALANIZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CLIFFORD LARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 99
- PATRICK LERVILLE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROBERT ORVILLE COLLINSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROOSEVELT GEORGE DOCKERYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 100
- MICHAEL LLOYD NEUDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 101
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 102
From Traverse City
- THOMAS NEIL YAGLELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WARREN W COBLEYSergeant First Class · July 8, 1966
- RICHARD LEE OTTELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- MELVIN UDELSON WANGESHIKSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS MEREDITH MCNABBSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARRINGTONPrivate · June 4, 1968
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · September 25, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK MCQUEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY DEFERMajor · October 18, 1971
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.