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GERARD CORRIVEAU
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1940 – January 7, 1971
Service recordGerard Corriveau, of Webster, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Webster, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 30
- STEPHEN ELDON BOOTSStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
- RICK SAMUEL BROWNSergeant · January 7, 1971
- JAMES LARRY CRAIGSergeant · January 7, 1971
- GORDON ALIDEAN FISHPrivate First Class · January 7, 1971
From Webster
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · February 23, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CARSONLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- CLAUDE CHARLES BETTYCorporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CYRSergeant · January 31, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY PRZELOMSKISpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- EUGENE PAUL BERESIKMajor · May 31, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · August 8, 1968
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.