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GERALD LEE MASEDA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1946 – October 2, 1970
Service recordGerald Lee Maseda, of Miami, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 107
- JAMES THOMAS MORINSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JOHN LAURENCE NESOVANOVICWarrant Officer 1 · October 2, 1970
- ALFREDO SANUTSergeant First Class · October 2, 1970
- BRUCE JACOB STICKELSergeant · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO SANUTSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 107
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.