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GERALD H GAYLOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1930 – January 22, 1966
Service recordGerald H Gaylor, of Melbourne, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 593 SIG CO USARV
- Born
- August 5, 1930
- Home of record
- Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 82
- PETER MARTINEZSergeant · January 21, 1966
- WILLIAM STANNARD FORMANLieutenant Commander · January 22, 1966
- EDWIN RUSSELL GRISSETT JRSergeant · January 22, 1966
- PAUL STANLEY PRUSKOSpecialist Four · January 22, 1966
From Melbourne
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- SCOTT DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ARPHALIA L RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- PAUL L BERRYWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · March 14, 1968
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- NORMAN DALE BROWNSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · November 7, 1969
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.