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GERALD LEE CALL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1950 – May 9, 1969
Service recordGerald Lee Call, of Aberdeen, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 27
- ROBERT JOSEPH ALERT JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN BANKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN BEACHCorporal · May 9, 1969
- GARY LEE BROOKHARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
From Aberdeen
- CHARLES NIVEN RUDDLance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · May 15, 1968
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · June 30, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE PRITTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
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.