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GERALD THOMAS GINDLESBERGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1948 – May 2, 1971
Service recordGerald Thomas Gindlesberger, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 21
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · April 30, 1971
- ALAN HANS HOLMPrivate First Class · May 1, 1971
- RALPH BRENT CORDONCaptain · May 2, 1971
- ROBERT BOLT DICKERSON IIIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LOU WIESENDANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 23
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · 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.