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GERALD M HELLMANN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – April 11, 1970
Service recordGerald M Hellmann JR, of Shively, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ordnance Supply And Part Specialist (76D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Shively, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 123
- CRAIG NICHOLAS BARRYSergeant · April 11, 1970
- DANIEL CHARLES CASESeaman · April 11, 1970
- ALONZO GARRETTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- VALENTINE BERMEA GOMEZ JRSergeant · April 11, 1970
From Shively
- JAMES CARLINE DOBSONLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LANGNEHSSergeant · February 26, 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.