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GERALD RICHARD HAUSWIRTH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1944 – March 14, 1970
Service recordGerald Richard Hauswirth, of Greendale, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 127
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Greendale, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 127
- TIMOTHY DAVID ECHOLSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- DONALD B FINCHERMajor · March 14, 1970
- BOBBY GENE HANEYCorporal · March 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CECIL LEE DOBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 126
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 129
From Greendale
- FREDERICK HAROLD BRODHAGENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD PASKOWICZPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.