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GERALD ROBERT HORRELL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 14, 1946 – January 5, 1969
Service recordGerald Robert Horrell, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 5, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- May 14, 1946
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 39
- RONNIE PAUL GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- HORACE JONESSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- RAYMOND PARKER JONESLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- KENNETH ALLEN MASONCorporal · January 5, 1969
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.