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GERALD E NIEWENHOUS JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – December 22, 1969
Service recordGerald E Niewenhous JR, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 83
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 83
- BRUCE ALLEN MCCORMICKSergeant · December 22, 1969
- PETER PAUL PARNELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 22, 1969
- CHARLES RANSOME RAINESPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- JOHN NORMENT RANSONSpecialist Four · December 22, 1969
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
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.