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GERALD RICHARD HWANG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – May 14, 1969
Service recordGerald Richard Hwang, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 7
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 7
- MICHAEL ALAN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- RONNIE WAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GERALD JOHN KELLY JRCaptain · May 14, 1969
- JAMES CLAIRE KOPSENGStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ANTHONY CHEVALIERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 3
- CURTIS RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 6
- REESE MICHAEL PATRICKCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 10
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
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.