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GERALD WILLIAM GANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1946 – February 19, 1967
Service recordGerald William Gannon, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 64
- LESTER WAYNE ROBBINSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHNIE J WRIGHT JRMajor · February 19, 1967
- LARRY B WYNNEPrivate · February 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WILLIAM HARRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 61
- RICHARD KNIGHTSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 62
- VANNY CHRIS MAHANAPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 62
From Poughkeepsie
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.