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GERALD FRANCIS TRACY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1943 – February 25, 1968
Service recordGerald Francis Tracy, of Dennison, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Dennison, Minnesota (Goodhue County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 31
- NATHAN LYEN ROBINSONSergeant · February 25, 1968
- FRANK ADAM SZYMANSKI IVPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- CLAYTON JOSEPH THEYERLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT THORNTONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK CARL WEBBERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 32
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.