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GERALD OSCAR TOY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1946 – November 28, 1966
Service recordGerald Oscar Toy, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 128
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 128
- JAMES ROBERT WILLEFORDSeaman Apprentice · November 28, 1966
- WILBERT WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- LINUS GERARD K CHOCKCaptain · November 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 126
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.