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GERALD RICHARD ACTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordGerald Richard Acton, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 58
- RONNIE GENE WEESELance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- JAMES CLAIBORNE WILSONPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- VICTOR MANUEL YANEZSergeant · May 11, 1969
- RICHARD LEE ZODYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 61
- RODNEY H MAUNAKEASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 77
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.