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GERALD PAUL GAUTHIER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1947 – January 2, 1968
Service recordGerald Paul Gauthier, of St Martin, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- St Martin, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 18
- ELDON GARAMILLOSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- FRANCIS GERALD HOUDASHELTSergeant · January 2, 1968
- FURMAN LEE JOHNSONSergeant · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 20
From St Martin
- JOSEPH RONALD LANDRYPrivate First Class · February 3, 1966
- LARRY FRANK KUJAWASpecialist Four · January 11, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES DELACROIXSergeant · December 30, 1969
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
- CURTIS JOSEPH PERRODINPrivate First Class · September 9, 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.