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GERALD WILLIAM ALLEY
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 28, 1934 – December 22, 1972
Service recordGerald William Alley, of Pocatello, Idaho, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 22, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 103
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Pocatello, Idaho (Bannock County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 22, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 103
- THOMAS WARING BENNETT JRMajor · December 22, 1972
- JOSEPH BERNARD COPACK JRCaptain · December 22, 1972
- WILLIAM ROBERT BALDWINCaptain · December 23, 1972
From Pocatello
- GRANT LEROY CLARKCorporal · October 30, 1965
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- RONALD GRANT MOTTISHAWSergeant · February 16, 1967
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- WILLIAM E LEMMONSMajor · June 18, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · November 1, 1967
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANK GREENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE POLETTILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · March 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.