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GERALD MARTIN PINA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1947 – January 11, 1968
Service recordGerald Martin Pina, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 31
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 31
- DELBERT AUSTIN OLSONCommander · January 11, 1968
- PAUL WAYNE QUICK IIIPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- MICHAEL LAND ROBERTSPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- GALE ROBERT SIOWPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 28
- MICHAEL DEAN CRIBELARPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 28
- EUGENE MELVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 33
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.