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GERALD MICHAEL VETRANO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1948 – July 28, 1970
Service recordGerald Michael Vetrano, of Elmont, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Elmont, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 64
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- DAVID ERVIN ZIMMERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 28, 1970
- KARL THOMAS ANTEAUWarrant Officer 1 · July 29, 1970
- LEE THOMAS BAIZSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAURENCE GORDON BROWNSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 61
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 61
From Elmont
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD DOMENIC NICOLINIPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- PETER JOHN LOVANPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM MORIARTYPrivate First Class · May 31, 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.