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GERALD LEONARD EGYED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1948 – October 13, 1968
Service recordGerald Leonard Egyed, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 58
- WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JERRY LEE HALPENNYCorporal · October 13, 1968
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · October 13, 1968
- JOSEPH LEWIS POWELL JRCaptain · October 17, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.