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GERALD JOSEPH DOWNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1949 – January 8, 1969
Service recordGerald Joseph Downey, of Brockport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 553 ENG CO 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Brockport, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 54
- KENNETH FRANCIS DUPONTCorporal · January 8, 1969
- ALAN CLARK GILLESFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- ALLAN BRUCE HILLCorporal · January 8, 1969
- NORMAN FRANKLIN RIDLEYAirman Apprentice · January 8, 1969
- JON PATRICK ROCHEWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1969
From Brockport
- RONALD JAMES FEGANEnsign · April 9, 1965
- GEORGE ALFRED MARKS JRHospitalman · November 6, 1968
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.