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GERALD JAY DOWJOTAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – June 28, 1971
Service recordGerald Jay Dowjotas, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 92
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1971. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 92
- DONALD LYNN DELAPLAINEWarrant Officer 1 · June 28, 1971
- WILLIE JAMES JRStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1971
- LARRY MONTEZ LIVINGSTONSpecialist Four · June 28, 1971
- DARRYL WADE TAYLORSpecialist Four · June 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD FRANCIS BRZEZINSKICorporal · Panel 3W, Line 91
- WILLIE JAMES JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 92
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.