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GERALD DUANE SACK
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – July 30, 1968
Service recordGerald Duane Sack, of Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Mankato, Minnesota (Blue Earth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 37
- GUIDO FARINAROLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- JERRY LEROY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- FLOYD EUGENE SELLERSPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- LOWHMAN SOLON SUTTONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Mankato
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN DORINGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL WIEHRPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1973
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.