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GERALD WAYNE GWALTNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordGerald Wayne Gwaltney, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 2
- EDWARD LOUIS GRIGGS IIIPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- DONALD WILLIAM HALLOWSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- WALTER SCOTT HAMNERMaster Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- LEE ALBERT KEITHCorporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 93
- HERBERT RAYMOND GRANTSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 1
- ANDREW MARION MATTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 10
- THEODORE J PAWLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 18
- MICHAEL EDWARD SIDORSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 21
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.