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GERALD MICHAEL DUARTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1946 – September 6, 1968
Service recordGerald Michael Duarte, of Campbell, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 50
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 50
- JEFFREY ALAN EVANSSergeant · September 6, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN GAMBERSergeant · September 6, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1968
- GEORGE ADEN GERALDSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 52
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
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.