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GERALD EUGENE GORAL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 19, 1949 – April 30, 1969
Service recordGerald Eugene Goral, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 84
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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
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 84
- GLENN ALLYN GORDONMajor · April 30, 1969
- STEPHEN THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE JARVISSergeant · April 30, 1969
- GARY ALAN JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 81
- MICHAEL DAVID ERHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 83
- RAYMOND JOHN KRUPINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 85
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 85
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 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.