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GERALD VINCENT VANWINKLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 2, 1951 – September 18, 1971
Service recordGerald Vincent Vanwinkle, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 19
- MIGUEL ANTONIO BYNOEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1971
- LARRY DEAN EHLERSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1971
- HERSHEL DUANE CUDE JRSpecialist Four · September 18, 1971
- KENNETH LEE JONESSpecialist Four · September 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HERSHEL DUANE CUDE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 19
- KENNETH LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 19
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.