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GERALD EUGENE DUBEAU
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – July 25, 1969
Service recordGerald Eugene Dubeau, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Teletypwriter Repairer (31J)
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 43
- JIMMY DARRELL COURTNEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- JOSE ALEJANDRO DELGADOCaptain · July 25, 1969
- JAY LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · July 25, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.