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GERALD LEWIS CATON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 16, 1945 – August 17, 1969
Service recordGerald Lewis Caton, of Springfield, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 53
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 53
- CARL CALVIN BATES JRSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- CURTIS BOWMANCorporal · August 17, 1969
- KIM MICHAEL DILIBERTOSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- DAVID AUSTIN GAYSergeant · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS BOWMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 53
- PAUL ROBERT HOPKINSCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 54
- GEORGE LOUIS MINERCaptain · Panel 19W, Line 55
- JAYSON FRED ULRICHSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 57
From Springfield
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1966
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- HIRAM MICHAEL WOLFE IVCaptain · December 4, 1969
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- JERRY WAINE STEWARDPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 1971
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.