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GERALD JAMES WINCH
Captain · U.S. Army
October 1, 1941 – March 15, 1968
Service recordGerald James Winch, of Lakewood, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 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 44E, Line 63
- CLARENCE HENRY LEWISCorporal · March 15, 1968
- WILLIAM SMYLY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- EARNEST WILSONSergeant · March 15, 1968
- PAUL LEROY WOODARDStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEE BIGELOWPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 57
- EDWARD ARTHUR LIONETTACorporal · Panel 44E, Line 60
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 60
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 64
From Lakewood
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES PASTVALance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- MICHEAL ALLEN MIKITISGunnery Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · December 27, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · July 19, 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.