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GERALD WILLIAM MCCAFFREY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 1, 1946 – February 26, 1968
Service recordGerald William McCaffrey, of Bethpage, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Bethpage, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 41
- ALLAN LEE MCCALLPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
From Bethpage
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- LEONARD FREDERICK JANTZENSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY MORGANLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- OTTO CHARLES GRABOWPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GUIDO FARINAROLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HASENFLUGPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HENAGHANSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.