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GERALD PETER GATEWOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1944 – August 8, 1968
Service recordGerald Peter Gatewood, of Fresno, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 29
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- JAMES MERTON EDWARDSLance Corporal · August 8, 1968
- REESE CURRENTI ELIA JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- GARY LEE HIGBEECaptain · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DAVID ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 28
- REESE CURRENTI ELIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 29
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.