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GERALD FRANCIS FILIPPI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – September 21, 1970
Service recordGerald Francis Filippi, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 80
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
- JOHN BOWEN JRSergeant First Class · September 21, 1970
- BENJAMIN VICTOR DOMANSergeant · September 21, 1970
- WILLIAM JESSE HODGES SRCaptain · September 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BOWEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 80
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.