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GERALD LEOPOLD LATINI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 27, 1942 – November 29, 1967
Service recordGerald Leopold Latini, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 5
- HOMER RAY MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- THEODORE MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SCOTT STEELEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 31E, Line 7
- CLARENCE JAMES TIFFANYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 7
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.