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GERALD STEPHEN LOTRIDGE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 12, 1949 – August 2, 1969
Service recordGerald Stephen Lotridge, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 87
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 87
- DANIEL ALBERT IRELANSergeant · August 2, 1969
- THOMAS LARRY JUSTICECorporal · August 2, 1969
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- RONNIE DEAN LINDLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DEWEY CONRAD JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRESHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 86
- DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNORSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 88
- VENANCIO VERACorporal · Panel 20W, Line 90
- CARL RAY WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 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.