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GERALD WAYNE POSTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1948 – May 29, 1969
Service recordGerald Wayne Posten, of Placerville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 17
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Placerville, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 17
- RICHARD LEE PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL PAULLance Corporal · May 29, 1969
- CHARLES C PFORDT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 29, 1969
- WILTON STROUD PYLESecond Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EUGENE MCMILLIONPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 16
From Placerville
- GARY PAUL WORRELLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- DENNIS DALE KRAMERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- LAVERN OREN OENSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- MORTEN ARVID LIND JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · June 9, 1969
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.