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GERALD FRANK COULTHART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – April 28, 1969
Service recordGerald Frank Coulthart, of Hamilton, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamilton, North Dakota (Pembina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; three 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 69
- HAL CUSHMAN CASTLE JRLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
- ALBERTO GUTIERREZ CORTEZPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- JOHN SANFORD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- JOHN CLINTON DAVISSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL RAY HOUSERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 71
- PHILLIP EDWARD ROTHAR JRSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 73
- COURTNEY A SKINNERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 74
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.