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GERALD MCCORVEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – May 9, 1969
Service recordGerald McCorvey, of Hamtramck, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamtramck, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 31
- VICTOR DAVID MORALESMajor · May 9, 1969
- MARVIN LEWIS NOESergeant · May 9, 1969
- JOHN ANDREW OLSENFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
- JUAN ORTIZ-RAMIREZPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD DEAN BEACHCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 27
- SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 28
- VICTOR DAVID MORALESMajor · Panel 25W, Line 31
- JUAN ORTIZ-RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 31
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 34
From Hamtramck
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- THOMAS CURTIS MAYSSergeant · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KUCWAYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · March 11, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JAMES ROGERS KINGPrivate First Class · September 1, 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.