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GERALD LLOYD HABECKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 24, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordGerald Lloyd Habecker, of Rothsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Rothsville, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 49
- TERRY NEIL HARDIGSergeant · January 21, 1969
- RUSSEL HOWARD HEWIT JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- HENRY EMIL HOLDER JRSergeant · January 21, 1969
- RAYMOND JOSEPH KREKELBERGSeaman · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY EMIL HOLDER JRSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 49
- JOSEPH LEE MOORESergeant First Class · Panel 34W, Line 51
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.