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GERALD JOHN PYSHER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 16, 1943 – May 24, 1967
Service recordGerald John Pysher, of Ackermanville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 98
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Ackermanville, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 98
- JOSEPH KENNETH PURELISPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- SANDY MITCHELL RIVERSSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LLOYD VERNON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LEE FRANKESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 94
- JAMES LEE KACHLINESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 96
- MICHAEL STEVEN LYLEPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 96
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 96
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.