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GERALD JOSEPH BANNACH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1939 – September 24, 1966
Service recordGerald Joseph Bannach, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 8
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- ROBERT CHARLES HAUSERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- BURNS WINSHIP KNOWLTON JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- REXFORD ADELBERT LAROCKLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- EDWIN JOSEF LUCKSTEADSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN E BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 6
From Stevens Point
- THOMAS HARRY TREBATOSKIAirman First Class · October 3, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- GERALD KROPIDLOWSKILance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE ZINKPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- DAVID STANLEY KOSSOWSKISpecialist Five · July 30, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES GARSKISergeant · March 28, 1970
- JOSEPH PETER JURGELLAPetty Officer First Class · October 25, 1970
- CLARENCE MYRON SUCHONCorporal · March 22, 1971
- JOHN ANTHONY JELICHChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 1972
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.