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GERALD LOUIS DEROSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – March 31, 1968
Service recordGerald Louis Derose, of West Orange, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Records Clerk (76M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- West Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 20
- DEAN HARRY BURNSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN DALE BURTONSergeant · March 31, 1968
- PATRICK MARTIN DERIGCorporal · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT DESHURLEYPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
From West Orange
- CHARLES DANIEL PIZZIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- PETER FRANK KOVACHPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · September 12, 1970
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.