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GERALD LYNN GASSMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordGerald Lynn Gassman, of Fostoria, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY II FF
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Fostoria, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 109
- PHILLIP STANLEY FRANCELance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- WILLIE FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- WOODY JOE FROSTCorporal · October 14, 1967
- HENRY J FUGETTSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
From Fostoria
- LARRY WARREN STULLPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEVINEPetty Officer Second Class · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD HUGH SAVIEOLance Corporal · August 25, 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.