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GERALD SAUERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1950 – November 8, 1969
Service recordGerald Sauers, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 47
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 47
- EDWARD THOMAS REYESCorporal · November 8, 1969
- ANDREW BOWMAN SEXTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- THOMAS FREDERICK SHIPLEYSergeant · November 8, 1969
- ROGER PAUL WALLINGPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LYLE ADAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 44
- RONALD WARREN GIBSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 45
- KENNETH LEE HENKESpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 45
- ANDREW BOWMAN SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 47
- ARIEL JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 48
- RODNEY CARL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 48
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.